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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 – says 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...

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