Wednesday, July 25, 2018 Daily Archives

FDA Greasing the Wheel for Biosimilar Adoption Through Action Plan

The US FDA has published an action plan to promote and expedite biosimilar competition. Healthcare consultant Steven Lucio tells us “we are at a critical point in time in the biosimilar development landscape.†Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a ‘Biosimilars Action Plan’ aimed at promoting access to lower-cost biosimilar drugs while maintaining a desire for new biologics innovation. “By enabling a path for competition from biosimilars, we also give innovators an added incentive to invest…