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‘In A Word, Complicated’ – AAM’s Burton Talks US Biosimilars

Biosimilars Council Chief Sees Improvement In US Market, But Says There Is Further To Go

 
• By Dave Wallace

With the first US Humira rival having just hit the market and biosimilars seeing increasing adoption overall, Craig Burton – executive director of the AAM’s Biosimilars Council – tells Generics Bulletin that the US biosimilars market is ‘doing better, but we still have improvements to make.’

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Craig Burton explains the complications of the US biosimilars market • Source: Shutterstock

“In a word, complicated.” That is how Craig Burton, executive director of the Biosimilars Council within the US Association for Accessible Medicines, responds when asked to sum up the current state of the US biosimilars market.

With the country having just seen the launch of its first biosimilar rival to Humira (adalimumab) – representing the largest loss-of-exclusivity opportunity ever for the off-patent industry – after a few years that have seen oncology biosimilars gain a significant foothold in the market and the launch of the first biosimilars in ophthalmology (Also see "Samsung Bioepis Goes After Lucentis With 40% Cheaper Byooviz Launch In US" - Generics

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