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US Bill Urges Automatic Insulin Interchangeability

Representative Glenn Grothman Introduces Biosimilar Insulin Access Bill

 
• By Akriti Seth

A draft Biosimilar Insulin Access Act, intended to waive US interchangeability requirements for FDA-approved biosimilar insulins, has been introduced by representative Glenn Grothman.

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The Biosimilar Insulin Access Bill aims to increase competition, expand availability and lower costs • Source: Shutterstock

US interchangeability requirements would be waived for US Food and Drug Administration-approved biosimilar insulins under the Biosimilar Insulin Access Bill that has just been introduced by US representative Glenn Grothman.

Grothman said the legislation aimed to “help increase competition in the insulin market, expand availability to affordable insulin products and...

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