Biosimilars

Wyost and Jubbonti are interchangeable with Xgeva/Prolia and are approved for all of the same indications in bone cancer and osteoporosis.

Respondents see the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) drugs as a major advance. They also have concerns about whether insurers can afford to cover them and about wasteful prescriptions.

It has been 10 years since the first biosimilar was approved by the FDA. The grades on how the market for biosimilars has developed are mixed.

The second part of our conversation with Craig Burton, MBA, executive director of the Biosimilars Council, a trade and lobbying group for the biosimilars industry.

We spoke recently with Craig Burton, MBA, executive director of the Biosimilars Council, a trade and lobbying group for the biosimilars industry.

Using a single PBM as the sole distribution channel is unprecedented.

Will the Stelara biosimilars be a reprise of the Humira biosimilars in 2023 and be slow to catch on?

The report also discusses the spurt of Stelera biosimilar approvals in late 2024.

In 2023, there was lower net spending and prices on adalimumab, which was likely because of rebates from AbbVie, Humira’s manufacturer, a new analysis finds.

Beginning in January 2025, Optum Rx will remove from several Humira biosimilars from its formulary, including Hyrimoz (adalimumab-adaz), the unbranded Hyrimoz and Cyltezo (adalimumab-adbm).

Celltrion’s Zymfentra is subcutaneous version of infliximab.

Discussion on how payers and providers collaborate to enhance patient care and cost management. The upcoming entry of biosimilars post-2023 and their potential influence is also covered.

Challenges with biosimilars and unbranded biologics are discussed and how can they be improved.

An overview of how benefit channels, such as pharmacy benefit and medical benefit, differ and how it impacts utilization of biosimilars and unbranded biologics.

How an open marketplace impacts future competition, pricing transparency, and formulary management.

Savings and incentives associated with the utilization of biosimilars and unbranded biologics, including a look at how it impacts formulary access.

The role of evidence-based recommendations around biosimilars and unbranded biologics to increase patient care, plus how payers and providers evaluate biosimilars through clinical data across multiple indications.

Amgen’s Amjevita was already on the pharmacy benefit manager’s National Preferred Flex Formulary.

7 of them launched during the first several days of July, joining Amgen's Amjevita in the suddenly crowded market of Humira competitors. Pfizer’s Abrilada is the only FDA-approved Humira biosimilar that hasn’t launched.

Boehringer Ingelheim is pricing its biosimilar 5% to 7% below AbbVie’s top selling drug.

Sandoz will now launch both high-concentration and low-concentration versions of Hyrimoz (adalimumab-adaz) in July.

Cuban, of "Shark Tank' fame and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, called drugs prices ‘insane’ and used some profanity when talking pharmacy benefit managers at the annual meeting of the Association for Accessible Medicines yesterday. Cuban has co-founded an online pharmacy that he says will make drug prices lower and transparent.

As a dozen Humira Biosimilars are set to enter the market this year, it seems to be unlikely that they will drive down drug costs in the future.

Biosimilars started to gain a firm foothold in the market this year and could take off in 2023 with the advent of Humira biosimilars. Our articles about biosimilars were some of the most viewed of the year.

Kareem Karara, Pharm.D., BCPS, CCHP, spoke about unbranded biologics, which are identical the branded products. They are coming on the market amid a growing number of biosimilars.