Abstracted Scientific Content
Randomized non-inferiority trial fails to find inferiority switching from infliximab originator to CT-P13 biosimilar
Submitted: 17 November 2017; Revised: 20 November 2017; Accepted: 22 November 2017; Published online first: 5 December 2017 The tumour necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor infliximab is known to significantly improve… Read More »
‘To prescribe generics is to play with the life of the patient’: misconceptions of generics in Guatemala
Submitted: 13 September 2017; Revised: 17 September 2017; Accepted: 18 September 2017; Published online first: 25 September 2017 Both pharmacists and doctors in Guatemala lack trust in generic medicines, according… Read More »
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… Read More »
Generic prices estimated for four novel cancer drugs
Submitted: 13 March 2017; Revised: 15 March 2017; Accepted: 16 March 2017; Published online first: 29 March 2017 Generic drug manufacturing of four major cancer drugs could massively reduce their… Read More »
Strategies used to delay or prevent access to affordable generic drugs in the US
Submitted: 28 November 2016; Revised: 29 November 2016; Accepted: 30 November 2016; Published online first: 5 December 2016 In the journal Blood, Jones et al. [1] discuss strategies used by… Read More »
An empirical study of market-based purchasing policies for generic pharmaceuticals in Sweden
Submitted: 1 December 2016; Revised: 6 December 2016; Accepted: 7 December 2016; Published online first: 12 December 2016 In Sweden, the government funds an insurance programme covering 75–80% of the… Read More »
Essential information for internists on biologicals and biosimilars
Submitted: 21 November 2016; Revised: 22 November 2016; Accepted: 24 November 2016; Published online first: 30 November 2016 Authors from the IRCCS – Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri’, Milan,… Read More »
Effect of naming on pharmacists’ perceptions and dispensing of biosimilars
Submitted: 21 November 2016; Revised: 22 November 2016; Accepted: 24 November 2016; Published online first: 30 November 2016 A study of pharmacists investigated their perceptions of biosimilar naming conventions and… Read More »
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,… Read More »
The case for reforming drug naming
Submitted: 29 February 2016; Revised: 15 March 2016; Accepted: 16 March 2016; Published online first: 29 March 2016 Use of brand name drugs over generic equivalents after expiration of exclusivity… Read More »