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Scrip Asks… Is The Biosimilar Cost-Saving Theory Sustainable?

 
• By Lucie Ellis-Taitt

Scrip asks industry whether the promise of biosimilars producing substantial cost-savings is a sustainable model to help healthcare systems afford the next wave of expensive biologics. Drug developers and trade associations comment on the caveats still in play when it comes to biosimilars, cost-cutting and market access.

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Scrip asks industry to comment on how biosims will affect affordability for the next wave of costly biologics

Scrip has asked biosimilar drug developers, innovator companies and trade associations to shed light on whether the biosimilar theory of copycat drugs freeing up funds over time to pay for the next wave of novel biologics is sustainable and working in practice.

Furthermore, market commentators in Europe have offered insight on what incentives might work best to promote biosimilar use and why government involvement in

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