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Unpicking The CMS Guide On Price Negotiation: A Dive Into The US Eylea Biosimilar Landscape

Confusion And Questions For Industry As Regeneron Plots 8mg Eylea Dosage

 
• By Dean Rudge

Generics Bulletin looks at the implications and takeaways for biosimilar sponsors following the recent publication of long-awaited CMS guidance on price negotiation under the Inflation Reduction Act.

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With its benchmark status among ophthalmologists to treat forms of macular degeneration and multi-billion-dollar annual sales, Regeneron’s Eylea (aflibercept) represents one of the most lucrative potential US opportunities for biosimilar sponsors in the middle of this decade.

A swathe of firms is working franticly to be among the first wave, following biosimilar inroads last year into the...

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