Articles

Commentary

Published on 29 June 2016

Biosimilars: achieving long-term savings and competitive markets

Author byline as per print journal: Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz, PhD; Adrian Towse, MA; Mikel Berdud, PhD Abstract: Payers need to think strategically in medium/long term to maximize benefits from biosimilars. Concerns...

Author(s): Adrian Towse, MA, Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz, PhD, Mikel Berdud, PhD

biosimilars, competition, incentives, real world outcomes, savings, value for money

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2016.0503.027

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Letters to the Editor

Published on 26 October 2016

Is the EU ready for non-biological complex drug products?

Author byline as per print journal: Jon SB de Vlieger, PhD; Professor Gerrit Borchard, PharmD, PhD; Vinod P Shah, PhD; Beat Flühmann, PhD; Sesha Neervannan, PhD; Professor Stefan Mühlebach, PhD...

Author(s): Beat Flühmann, PhD, Jon SB de Vlieger, PhD, Professor Gerrit Borchard, PharmD, PhD, Professor Stefan Mühlebach, PhD, Sesha Neervannan, PhD, Vinod P Shah, PhD

complex drug products, EMA, generics, harmonization, non-biological complex drug (NBCD), therapeutic equivalence, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2016.0503.026

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Editor's Letter

Published on 26 October 2016

Latest features in GaBI Journal, 2016, Issue 3

The informed, appropriate use of follow-on pharmacological agents can provide significant cost savings for patients and payers. These savings can then be used by governments and patients to increase access...

Author(s): Professor Philip D Walson, MD

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2016.0503.025

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Meeting Report

Published on 29 June 2016

Reducing healthcare costs and building trust in biosimilar medicines

Author byline as per print journal: Niklas Ekman, PhD; Professor Arnold G Vulto, PharmD, PhD; Paul Cornes, MD Abstract: The increasing cost of medicines was highlighted at the Biosimilar Medicines...

Author(s): Niklas Ekman, PhD, Paul Cornes, MD, Professor Arnold G Vulto, PharmD, PhD, FCP

biological, biosimilar, cancer, European Union, healthcare costs, medicines, regulatory

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2016.0502.020

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Meeting Report

Published on 09 February 2016

Roundtable on biosimilars with European regulators and medical societies, Brussels, Belgium, 12 January 2016

Author byline as per print journal: Vito Annese, MD, PhD; Cristina Avendaño-Solá, MD, PhD; Professor Ferdinand Breedveld, MD; Niklas Ekman, PhD; Thijs J Giezen, MSc, PharmD, PhD; Professor Fernando Gomollón, MD,...

Author(s): Adjunct Professor Pekka Kurki, MD, PhD, Cristina Avendaño-Solá, MD, PhD, Elena Wolff-Holz, MD, Martina Weise, MD, Niklas Ekman, PhD, Professor Andrea Laslop, MD, Professor Ferdinand Breedveld, MD, PhD, Professor Fernando Gomollón, MD, PhD, Professor Lluís Puig, MD, PhD, Professor Tore Kristian Kvien, MD, Robin Thorpe, PhD, FRCPath, Thijs J Giezen, PharmD, PhD, MSc, Vito Annese, MD

biologicals/biosimilars, extrapolation, interchangeability, medical societies, prescribers, regulators

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2016.0502.019

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Special Report

Published on 15 September 2015

Improving biosimilars uptake: experience gained in Madrid, Spain

Abstract: How to improve the uptake of biosimilars is a question that many countries are finding a challenge. Researchers from the Madrid Health Service investigate how initiatives in Spain have...

Author(s): GaBI Journal Editor

biological, biosimilar, Spain, uptake

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2016.0502.021

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Abstracted Scientific Content

Published on 06 July 2016

Investigating the validity of biosimilar extrapolation and interchangeability

Submitted: 30 June 2016; Revised: 1 July 2016; Accepted: 1 July 2016; Published online first: 4 July 2016 The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) decision to approve the use of CPT-13,...

Author(s): GaBI Journal Editor

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2016.0502.022

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Perspective

Published on 29 June 2016

Importance of manufacturing consistency of the glycosylated monoclonal antibody adalimumab (Humira®) and potential impact on the clinical use of biosimilars

Author byline as per print journal: Professor Paul J Declerck, PhD; Paul W Tebbey, PhD Abstract: The clinical performance of biological therapies is affected by their manufacturing processes. The advent...

Author(s): Paul W Tebbey, PhD, Professor Paul J Declerck, PhD

adalimumab, biosimilar pharmaceuticals, consistency, glycosylation, immunogenicity, manufacturing

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2016.0502.018

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Perspective

Published on 27 April 2016

New monoclonal antibody biosimilars approved in 2015 in Latin America: position statement of the Latin American Forum on Biosimilars on biosimilarity, interchangeability and extrapolation of indications

Author byline as per print journal: Valderílio Feijó Azevedo1,2, Alejandra Babini3,4, Fabio Vieira Teixeira5,6, Igor Age Kos1,2, Pablo Matar7 Introduction: The Latin American Forum on Biosimilars (FLAB) is an annual...

Author(s): Alejandra Babini, Associate Professor Valderilio Feijó Azevedo, MD, PhD, MSc, Igor Age Kos, Pablo Matar, PhD, Professor Fabio V Teixeira, MSc, MD, PhD

biosimilarity, extrapolation, infliximab, interchangeability, monoclonal antibodies, rituximab

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2016.0502.017

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Legal

Published on 08 March 2016

Biosimilars patent litigation in Canada and Japan: a comparative strategic overview and EU and US update

Abstract: Biosimilars are highly similar versions of reference biological products, some with the potential to be deemed ‘interchangeable’ by medicines regulatory bodies, such as the US Food and Drug Administration....

Author(s): Brian J Malkin, Esq, Esq

351(k), Federal Circuit, interchangeable biosimilar, Japan Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA), patent litigation linkage, subsequent entry biologics (SEBs)

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2016.0502.016

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Review Article

Published on 04 May 2016

Assessment of the interchangeability between generics

Author byline as per print journal: Luther Gwaza1,2, BPharm, MPhil; John Gordon3, PhD; Henrike Potthast4, PhD; Marc Maliepaard5, PhD; Jan Welink5, Hubert Leufkens1,5, PhD; Matthias Stahl6, MD; Alfredo García-Arieta7, PhD...

Author(s): Alfredo García Arieta, PhD, Henrike Potthast, PhD, Hubert Leufkens, PhD, Jan Welink, John Gordon, PhD, Luther Gwaza, BPharm, MPhil, Marc Maliepaard, PhD, Matthias Stahl, MD

adjusted indirect comparisons, bioequivalence, drug switching, generic medicines, interchangeability, prequalification

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2016.0502.015

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Pharma News

Published on 27 June 2016

The anti-TNF biosimilar CT-P13 had comparable efficacy to infliximab in rheumatoid arthritis over one year

Submitted: 24 May 2016; Revised: 8 June 2016; Accepted: 10 June 2016; Published online first: 24 June 2016 The introduction of biologicals has revolutionized the treatment of immune-mediated diseases such...

Author(s): GaBI Journal Editor

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2016.0502.024

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