Mylan's Fulphila Approval: Lack Of US FDA AdComm May Be A Positive For Biosimilar Industry

The advisory committee route for approving a first biosimilar to a reference product is no longer necessarily the norm, going by FDA's recent approval of Mylan/Biocon's pegfilgrastim-jmdb, which references Amgen’s Neulasta; agency’s view that a meeting was not needed should encourage other biosimilar aspirants.