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WHO Committee Wants Biosimilars Added To Pre-Qualification

 
• By Aidan Fry

As biosimilars are added to the WHO’s list of essential drugs, an expert committee wants the global body to expand its pre-qualification program to cover more biosimilars.

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The WHO should expand biosimilar pre-qualification and examine interchangeability, its expert committee says • Source: Shutterstock

A World Health Organization expert committee on selection and use of essential medicines is calling on the body to expand its pre-qualification program to encompass biosimilars of medicines included in the list, “such that they are routinely evaluated along with the reference product to ensure accessibility and affordability to quality-assured products.”

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