Biosimilar approval and adoption in the U.S. needs to be expedited

(By Carlos Sattler and Sheila Frame for STAT)

Generic versions of brand-name small-molecule drugs saved Americans more than $1 trillion between 1999 and 2010. Biosimilars now have the potential to create substantial savings on complex biologic drugs, but only if we can remove the unnecessary barriers that stall their approval and adoption.  Continue reading article here…

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