FDA/FTC's Hot Ticket: Biosimilar Workshop On How To Boost Market, From Education To Lawsuits

Speakers suggest ways to eliminate barriers to biosimilar uptake, but Janssen pushes back, saying there is need to inform physicians and patients of a biosimilar's interchangeability status. Biosimilar advocates want prescriber incentives, labeling changes, and FDA education on interchangeability.

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FDA/FTC biosimilars workshop draws large crowd

The biosimilar workshop hosted by the US Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission was a sold-out event, drawing a swarm of participants who spilled into an overflow room. While it generated red hot interest among stakeholders, the meeting mostly provided a snapshot of the current biosimilar market with oft-stated recommendations of what could be done to tear down barriers to biosimilar use.

But the 9 March workshop was still a landmark event, illustrating the commitment by FDA and the FTC to take action against behavior impeding the uptake of biosimilars and to promote competition in the biologics markets – and in some ways a reminder of the interchange of ideas

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