US Must Learn Lessons From Europe On Biosimilars

Structural changes based on European experiences with biosimilars are “urgently needed” in the US to foster a successful biosimilars market, according to a joint report by Medicines for Europe and the US Biosimilars Forum.

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Urgent changes to the US healthcare framework are needed to support the emergence of a “robust biosimilars market”, based in large part on the European experience of creating a “competitive, multi-source biosimilars market”, according to a new joint report released by Medicines for Europe and the US Biosimilars Forum.

The Biosimilars Forum – which is separate from the Biosimilars Council within the US Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM) –...

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