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Many factors contribute to the price that consumers pay for prescription drugs and biologics.  These factors include research and development costs, manufacturing costs, terms negotiated by insurance plans, supply and demand, and intellectual property rights.  Intellectual property rights are often viewed as one of the most significant factors driving high drug and biologic prices. In…

  • Coherus launches UdenycaTM, a pegfilgrastim biosimilar, in the United States.
  • Pfizer launches Retacrit®, an epoetin alfa biosimilar, in the United States.
  • FDA approves the first rituximab biosimilar, although it has not yet launched in the United States.
  • European Medicines Agency approves third, fourth, and fifth pegfilgrastim biosimilars and a fifth trastuzumab biosimilar, while

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  • European Medicines Agency approves first two pegfilgrastim biosimilars and another adalimumab biosimilar
  • Pfizer launches NivestymTM, a filgrastim biosimilar, in the United States
  • Only five of twelve approved biosimilars have launched in the United States

As pharmaceutical drug costs attract increasing media attention and political scrutiny, a growing number of biosimilar drugs are set…

  • FDA approves first Neulasta® (pegfilgrastim) and Procrit® (epoetin alfa) biosimilars and second Neupogen® (filgrastim biosimilar)
  • European Medicines Agency approves third and fourth trastuzumab, fourth infliximab, and fifth, sixth and seventh adalimumab biosimilars
  • Only four of twelve approved biosimilars have launched in the United States

As pharmaceutical drug costs attract increasing media attention and political scrutiny,…

  • European Medicines Agency approves second trastuzumab and third insulin glargine biosimilars
  • FDA has not approved any biosimilar drug in 2018
  • Only three of nine approved biosimilars have launched in the United States

As pharmaceutical drug costs attract increasing media attention and political scrutiny, a growing number of biosimilar drugs are set to enter the U.S.…

  • U.S. Food & Drug Administration and European Medicines Agency approve first trastuzumab biosimilars
  • U.S. Food & Drug Administration approves a second infliximab biosimilar

As pharmaceutical drug costs attract increasing media attention and political scrutiny, a growing number of biosimilar drugs are set to enter the U.S. and European markets in the coming years.  Global sales…

On January 3, 2018, Momenta and Mylan announced their development plan for a proposed biosimilar to Regeneron’s Eylea® whose active ingredient is aflibercept, a recombinant fusion protein. Eylea® was first approved as an intravitreal injection indicted for the treatment of patients with neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration. Eylea® is now also indicated for macular edema…

  • European Medicines Agency newly approves two adalimumab biosimilars
  • U.S. Food & Drug Administration approves first bevacizumab biosimilar

As pharmaceutical drug costs attract increasing media attention and political scrutiny, a growing number of biosimilar drugs are set to enter the U.S. and European markets in the coming years.  Global sales for the top nine branded biologic…

  • European Medicines Agency newly approves five rituximab biosimilars and an etanercept biosimilar, while recommending approval of adalimumab biosimilar
  • U.S. Food & Drug Administration approves second adalimumab biosimilar

As pharmaceutical drug costs attract increasing media attention and political scrutiny, a growing number of biosimilar drugs are set to enter the U.S. and European markets in the…