As drug pricing pressure intensifies and benefit structures shift, some health systems are still treating biosimilars as a selective cost lever — deploying them in certain payer segments while ...
A meaningful US access gap persists for off-patent biologics lacking viable biosimilar programs, especially mid-tier products ...
The number of new prescriptions written for biosimilar versions of the Humira rheumatoid arthritis treatment, one of the best-selling medicines in the U.S., surged to 36% from just 5% during the first ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Biosimilars are gradually making inroads in the outpatient drug ...
CVS Health Inc. CVS on Thursday said it is taking additional steps to lower prescription drug costs by expanding access to biosimilar medications, announcing new formulary changes that will take ...
Most shoppers are familiar with CVS Health’sCVS4.08%increase; green up pointing triangle many private-label products, from women’s daily multivitamins to heart-healthy trail mix. There is a reason CVS ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Biosimilars offer clinically effective treatment alternatives to ...
While FDA’s draft guidance may alleviate some of the pressures when biosimilar developers, there are still other significant ...
Despite Boehringer Ingelheim’s 2021 Humira biosimilar approval being heralded by some analysts as a “landmark achievement” for the field, the drug—dubbed Cyltezo—has struggled to gain traction thanks ...
The rates of discontinuation due to inefficacy or adverse events for biosimilars and originators of etanercept and adalimumab were similar, according to an analysis of a prospective registry. The ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced changes to its policy on when a comparative efficacy study would be required to demonstrate biosimilarity. In essence, FDA is lopping off the ...
On February 27, 2026, Genentech filed a Section 337 complaint at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) targeting Biocon’s proposed pertuzumab biosimilar, BMAB 1500/PERT-IJS, which references ...