biosimilar
- adjective
- /ˌbaɪoʊˈsɪmɪlər/
- Specialized
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biosimilar
- Many healthcare providers are adopting biosimilar treatments as alternatives to costlier biologics.
Examples
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What I read in the Eshoo amendment is a perfectly defensible scientific position: that the FDA should be given the right to oversee and define the criteria for biosimilar approval.
Blog text (28) -
For example, data exclusivity provisions require each manufacturer of generic or biosimilar medicines to generate its own data for applications to regulatory authorities for market authorization; for many, this requirement becomes an insurmountable barrier.
Academic text (2016) -
The new biosimilar drug has shown results comparable to its reference product in clinical trials.
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Patients often benefit from biosimilar medications due to their lower cost and similar efficacy.
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Etymology
Biosimilar combines bio-, from an old Greek word bios meaning 'life', and similar meaning 'like', as in biology. So a biosimilar medicine is a 'life' drug that is 'like' the original biological product and should work the same.