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Sponsored Article

Published on 04 April 2022

Biosimilar monoclonal antibodies development simplified

Author(s): Jennifer Campbell


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Review Article

Published on 30 March 2022

Manufacture and regulation of cell, tissue and gene therapy products: global perspectives, challenges and next steps

Author byline as per print journal: Adjunct Associate Professor Sia Chong Hock, BSc (Pharm), MSc; Christine Koh, BSc (Pharm) (Hon); Associate Professor Chan Lai Wah, BSc (Pharm) (Hon), PhD Abstract: Cell,...

cell, good manufacturing practice, quality control, regulatory framework, tissue and gene therapy products

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2022.1102.012


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Review Article

Published on 28 February 2022

Challenges in the manufacture, storage, distribution and regulation of traditional and novel vaccines

Author byline as per print journal: Adjunct Associate Professor Sia Chong Hock1, BSc (Pharm), MSc; Adelia Pheh1, BSc (Pharm) (Hon); Vimal Sachdeva2, MSc; Associate Professor Chan Lai Wah1, BSc (Pharm)...

challenges, COVID-19 vaccines, harmonization, manufacturing, regulation, traditional vaccines

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2022.1101.004


10.367 views

Review Article

Published on 28 January 2022

Biotherapeutic products in the European Pharmacopoeia: have all challenges been tackled?

Author byline as per print journal: Mihaela Buda, PhD; Olga Kolaj-Robin, PhD; Emmanuelle Charton, PhD Abstract: The approach to the elaboration of European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) monographs in the field of...

biosimilars, biotherapeutics, monographs, pharmacopoeia, public standards

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2022.1101.003


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Opinion

Published on 17 December 2021

Biosimilarity is not a transitive property: implication for interchangeability, naming and pharmacovigilance

Abstract: Current regulations do not require a given biosimilar to remain similar to its reference biological over time. However, two products that were initially deemed biosimilar or interchangeable could each...

Author(s): Pablo Matar, PhD

divergence, drift, evolution, interchangeability, pharmacovigilance, variability

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2022.1101.006


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Letters to the Editor

Published on 17 December 2021

No need for systematic switch studies to demonstrate interchangeability of biosimilars

Abstract: Systematic clinical switch studies to demonstrate interchangeability of biosimilars are required in some jurisdictions while theoretical considerations and current clinical data question the feasibility and relevance of such studies....

Author(s): Adjunct Professor Pekka Kurki, MD, PhD

biosimilars, immunogenicity, interchangeability, switch studies

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2022.1101.002


6.735 views

Published on 17 December 2021

2021/4 GaBI Journal Table of Contents

Contents Editor’s Letter Fourth and final issue of GaBI Journal’s 10th volume Original Research Extended stability of the trastuzumab biosimilar ABP 980 (KANJINTI™) in polyolefin bags and elastomeric devices Review...

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Editor's Letter

Published on 16 December 2021

Fourth and final issue of GaBI Journal’s 10th volume

This issue of the GaBI Journal contains only a limited number of articles, but these include two scientific very data-rich articles and an interesting and important expose on the use...

Author(s): Professor Philip D Walson, MD

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2021.1004.020


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Review Article

Published on 03 December 2021

Biotechnological therapies and biosimilars for COVID-19: scarcities, poor regulation, and pharmaceutical black market: a case analysis in Ecuador

Author byline as per print journal: Esteban Ortiz-Prado1, MD, MSc, MPH, PhD(c); Enrique Teran2, MD, PhD; Raul Patricio Fernandez Naranjo1, MSc; Doménica Cevallos-Robalino1, MD; Eduardo Vasconez1, MD; Alex Lister3, MPH At...

biosimilars, black market, COVID-19 pandemic, interleukins, tocilizumab

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2021.1004.023


10.156 views

Review Article

Published on 29 September 2021

The European framework for intellectual property rights for biological medicines

Author byline as per print journal: Josette Sciberras, MBA, MA Bioethics, BPharm (Hons); Raymond Zammit, SThD; Patricia Vella Bonanno, PhD Introduction: The Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe (2020) proposes actions related to...

biological medicines, European intellectual property rights, market access, pricing, R & D

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2021.1004.022


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