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Opinion: Market share isn’t the only metric for biosimilars’ success

STAT

Market share is often held up as the most relevant metric for the success of a biosimilar class. I believe there are other metrics, like cost savings or signs of greater patient access, that should also be used to define biosimilars’ successes or failures. the first biosimilar was launched in September 2015. In the U.S.,

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STAT+: Just how much money do drugmakers gain from patent extensions?

STAT

The organization looked at four blockbuster drugs — Humira, Avastin, Rituxan, and Lantus — that had biosimilars launched between 2019 and 2023. years of unchallenged market presence.

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FDA Approves Biocon Biologics’ Bevacizumab Biosimilar

Big Molecule Watch

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved JOBEVNE (bevacizumab-nwgd), a new bevacizumab biosimilar referencing Genentech’s AVASTIN .JOBEVNE Approved in 2021 in both Canada and Europe, Biocon’s bevacizumab biosimilar is already available in both markets under the name ABEVMY. On April 10, 2025, Biocon Biologics Ltd.

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STAT+: At JPM, Bristol’s new CEO appeals to history to try to soothe investors’ nerves

STAT

Sales of Bristol’s top sellers will decline significantly or vanish as generic or biosimilar medicines emerge.

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HCPs see biosimilars as solution to tackle rising costs: GlobalData

Express Pharma

Healthcare professionals (HCPs) believe that biosimilars could provide costs savings for the patients and healthcare systems and their use should be encouraged, according to a survey by GlobalData. The only exception was Japan were physicians seemed to be more reluctant about biosimilar use.

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FDA grants first approval for multiple sclerosis biosimilar

European Pharmaceutical Review

The first US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved biosimilar has been authorised to treat multiple sclerosis. Tyruko (natalizumab-sztn) is a biosimilar to Tysabri (natalizumab) injection for adults with relapsing forms of MS. In 2019, Sandoz entered into a global commercialisation agreement for Tyruko with Polpharma Biologics.

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ASBM’s Michael Reilly: Preserve the US Interchangeable Standard that Has Helped Drive Physician and Patient Confidence in Biosimilars

Safe Biologics

In an April interview with EndpointsNews , an FDA official called on Congress to eliminate the distinction between biosimilars (which can be prescribed in place of their reference products by a physician) and “interchangeable” biosimilars, which can be substituted by pharmacists the way generics are.