Articles

Original Research

Published on 31 March 2017

Do pricing and usage-enhancing policies differ between biosimilars and generics? Findings from an international survey

Introduction/Study objective: This paper aims to survey the policies implemented by European countries for pricing and promoting the use of biosimilar medicines and to explore similarities and differences with policies...

Author(s): Peter Schneider, MA, Sabine Vogler, PhD

biosimilar, generics, policy, pricing, substitution, tender

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2017.0602.015

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Commentary

Published on 31 March 2017

Patent expiry and costs for anti­cancer medicines for clinical use

Author byline as per print journal: Brian Godman, BSc, PhD; Claudia Wild, PhD; Alan Haycox, PhD Abstract: Venkatesan S et al. have researched patent rights and pricing for (non-)tyrosine kinase inhibitors....

Author(s): Alan Haycox, PhD, Brian Godman, BSc, PhD, Claudia Wild, PhD

cancer medicines, generics, health gain, prices, tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI)

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2017.0603.021

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Thank you to reviewers

Published on 15 March 2017

Thank you to reviewers 2016

The editors and publisher wish to express their gratitude to the colleagues listed below for their valuable contribution to the peer review process for the Generics and Biosimilars Initiative Journal...

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Original Research

Published on 10 March 2017

What pricing and reimbursement policies to use for off-patent biologicals in Europe? – results from the second EBE biological medicines policy survey

Author byline as per print journal: Jean-Baptiste Reiland, MSc; Barbara Freischem; Alexander Roediger, MA Introduction/Study objective Biosimilar policies with a focus on uptake have received a lot of attention at national...

Author(s): Alexander Roediger, MA, Executive MBA, Barbara Freischem, Jean-Baptiste Reiland, MSc

biological medicines, biosimilars, off-patent market, pricing and reimbursement policy

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2017.0602.014

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Editor's Letter

Published on 08 March 2017

Editor’s introduction to the initial issue of the sixth volume of GaBI Journal

This first issue of 2017 includes a range of manuscripts of interest to readers. A Letter to the Editor from Professor Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim and Nada Moustafa Abdel Rida...

Author(s): Professor Philip D Walson, MD

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2017.0601.001

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Opinion

Published on 01 March 2017

Austrian medicines authority positive towards biosimilar interchangeability

Abstract: Clinical evidence supporting biosimilar use is growing and for the first time, the Austrian Medicines and Medical Devices Agency takes a positive position on interchangeability. They now state that...

Author(s): Christoph Baumgärtel, MD, MSc

Austria, biosimilars, interchangeability

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2017.0601.009

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Meeting Report

Published on 01 March 2017

Roundtable on biosimilars: pharmacovigilance, traceability, immunogenicity, 15 November 2016, Madrid, Spain

Author byline as per print journal: Professor Francisco José de Abajo, MD, MPH, PhD; Professor Joan Albanell, MD; Olga Delgado Sanchez, PharmD; Kevin Klein, MSc; José Vicente Moreno-Muelas, MD; Sol Ruiz, PhD; Professor...

Author(s): José Vicente Moreno-Muelas, MD, Kevin Klein, PhD, Olga Delgado Sanchez, PharmD, Professor Francisco José de Abajo, MD, MPH, PhD, Professor Francisco Zaragozá, PhD, Professor Joan Albanell, MD, Professor Maria Jesús Sanz Ferrando, PhD, Robin Thorpe, PhD, FRCPath, Sol Ruiz, PhD

biologicals, immunogenicity, interchangeability, pharmacovigilance, Spain, traceability

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2017.0601.007

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Pharma News

Published on 10 February 2017

Top developments in biosimilars during 2016

Submitted: 27 January 2017; Revised: 31 January 2017; Accepted: 1 February 2017; Published online first: 6 February 2017 Previous years have been momentous for biosimilars [1] and 2016 is no...

Author(s): GaBI Journal Editor

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2017.0601.010

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Abstracted Scientific Content

Published on 01 February 2017

Effective generics substitution

Submitted: 19 January 2017; Revised: 20 January 2017; Accepted: 23 January 2017; Published online first: 6 February 2017 In an article published in US Pharmacist [1] Manigault et al. emphasize...

Author(s): GaBI Journal Editor

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2017.0602.019

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Special Report

Published on 23 January 2017

Patent expiry dates for biologicals: 2016 update

Abstract: Biosimilars have been approved in Europe since 2006 and in the US since 2015. With patents on originator biologicals expiring and ever-tightening healthcare budgets, biosimilars are expected to take...

Author(s): GaBI Journal Editor

biological, biosimilar, patent

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2017.0601.006

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Review Article

Published on 23 January 2017

Ocular emulsions and dry eye: a case study of a non-biological complex drug product delivered to a complex organ to treat a complex disease

Author byline as per print journal: Anu Gore, PhD; Mayssa Attar, PhD; Chetan Pujara, PhD; Sesha Neervannan, PhD Abstract: Generic drugs are intended to provide a lower cost option of safe...

Author(s): Anu Gore, PhD, Chetan Pujara, PhD, Mayssa Attar, PhD, Sesha Neervannan, PhD

dry eye, ocular, ophthalmic, safety, topical

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2017.0601.004

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Published on 04 January 2017

2016/4 GaBI Journal Table of Contents

Contents Editor’s Letter Fourth and final issue of GaBI Journal’s fifth volume Editorial Physicians, Hippocrates and biosimilars: applying ancient principles in a modern society Original Research Naming and labelling of...

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