Biosimilars

The findings of an online, cross-sectional survey indicate oncologists were less likely to prescribe biosimilars if their practice could lose money and control of the drug, despite clinical safety and efficacy between the biosimilar and originator. Read More ›

Exploratory analyses of a phase 3 trial comparing adalimumab-afzb with reference adalimumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) indicate a multibiomarker disease activity score may be a sensitive and objective assessment of biosimilarity that does not require subjective assessments needed for conventional disease activity measures. Read More ›

Data from the ongoing PROPER study indicate switching from reference adalimumab to its biosimilar SB5 was not associated with any clinically meaningful difference in disease score from baseline in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), axial spondyloarthritis, or psoriatic arthritis. Read More ›

Final analysis data from a confirmatory, randomized phase 3 study demonstrated clinical similarity between rituximab reference and its biosimilar ABP 798 in patients with CD20-positive non-Hodgkin lymphoma in terms of efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity. Read More ›

Longer-term follow-up supports earlier evidence that treatment switch from adalimumab-EU to PF-06410293 does not impact treatment safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy in patients with moderate-to-severe, active rheumatoid arthritis. Read More ›

Interim analysis results from the prospective, postapproval REFLECT study indicate the Sandoz rituximab biosimilar treatment was associated with safety and efficacy profiles consistent with those previously described for R-CHOP in untreated patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Read More ›

A randomized, double-blind phase 3 study demonstrated the efficacy and safety equivalence of the adalimumab biosimilar candidate CT-P17 to reference adalimumab in patients with moderate-to-severe active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Read More ›

Real-world data from the prospective, observational COMPANION-B study showed that the biosimilar SB4 had similar efficacy over 12 months compared with etanercept reference in patients with well-controlled rheumatoid arthritis with stable disease. Read More ›

A proof-of-concept study showed the feasibility of conducting comparative-effectiveness research at scale to promote value-based decision-making in oncology; it also confirmed efficacy equivalence between the biosimilar pegfilgrastim-cbqv and pegfilgrastim reference for the prophylaxis of chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia. Read More ›

The findings of a retrospective study indicate that successive switching from reference to 2 different biosimilars was not associated with clinically significant changes in disease activity and function in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases. Read More ›