Quality assessment of biosimilars in Colombia – reducing knowledge gaps

Abstract: Biosimilar medicines are having a global effect, and as such regulatory agencies worldwide are assessing how to respond to them. Here, two events held by GaBI for the Colombian medicines regulatory agency (INVIMA) are reported. The first was an educational workshop held in 2016 to discuss approaches to evaluating biosimilar products and the second […]


Low-cost generic drug programs in the US: implications for payers and researchers

Abstract: Low-cost generic drug programs (LCGPs) provide affordable generics in the US. However, LCGPs have implications for managed care organizations and researchers relying on claims data. Submitted: 7 March 2016; Revised: 5 April 2016; Accepted: 5 April 2016; Published online first: 18 April 2016 Low-cost generic drug programs (LCGPs) in the US increase the affordability […]