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How strengthening the biosimilar marketplace benefits patients

By Andrew Powaleny  |    May 18, 2021
Biologics are medicines that are made from living organisms through highly complex manufacturing processes and include a wide variety of medicines such as therapeutic proteins, monoclonal antibodies...   Read More

IP Explained: Why IP protections are important for biologic medicines

By Tom Wilbur  |    July 18, 2019
Biologics are cutting-edge therapies that treat or cure some of the most challenging and costly diseases. These medicines are created from living organisms through highly complex manufacturing...   Read More

Balancing innovation and competition in the biologics marketplace

By David Korn  |    October 11, 2018
Last month, I presented at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Public Hearing on Facilitating Competition and Innovation in the Biological Products Marketplace. The hearing was part of an...   Read More

Spending on medicines grew less than one percent in 2017

By Holly Campbell  |    April 19, 2018
Last year, a record number of new treatments and cures that are transforming care for patients fighting debilitating diseases like cancer, hepatitis C, high cholesterol and more were approved by the...   Read More

Medicare Monday: Billing code basics for biologics in Part B

By Allyson Funk  |    March 20, 2017
We’ve explored the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) flawed policy for reimbursing biologic and biosimilar products before. Today, we’re exploring how proposals from MedPAC would build...   Read More

FDA issues draft biosimilars labeling guidance

By Andrew Powaleny  |    April 12, 2016
Labeling is an important aspect of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prescription drug approval process. FDA-approved prescription drug labeling is the most authoritative mechanism for...   Read More

The biopharmaceutical industry’s commitment to quality

By Camille Jackson  |    February 11, 2016
America’s innovative biopharmaceutical companies are leaders in innovation and quality—not just in research and development, but also in manufacturing technology. PhRMA’s member companies implement...   Read More

PhRMA and BIO Citizen Petition to FDA calls for biosimilar labeling guidance

By Jeff Francer  |    January 21, 2016
Biosimilars will continue to become more widely available to patients in 2016 and beyond.  PhRMA supports science-based regulation of biosimilars by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). However,...   Read More

PhRMA launches biologics and biosimilars online resources

By Andrew Powaleny  |    December 17, 2015
Biological medicines often represent the cutting-edge of biomedical research and have revolutionized the treatment of a variety of medical illnesses and conditions that presently have no other...   Read More

Medicare Monday: Part B and biosimilars, part 2

By Kelsey Lang  |    November 30, 2015
Earlier this month, Medicare Monday covered the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule on reimbursement for biosimilars and the implications of using a single billing code to...   Read More

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