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ReviewRheumatology international2015

Etanercept biosimilars.

Valderilio F Azevedo, Nathalia Galli, Alais Kleinfelder, Julia D'Ippolito, Paulo C M Urbano

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Review in Rheumatology international, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Monoclonal Antibody and Fusion Protein Biosimilars Across Therapeutic Areas: A Systematic Review of Published Evidence.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2016
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  12. Biosimilars in dermatology: The wind of change.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Valderilio F AzevedoInternal Medicine, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Rua Alvaro Alvin 224 casa 18, Curitiba, Paraná, 80440080, Brazil, valderilio@hotmail.com.
Nathalia Galli
Alais Kleinfelder
Julia D'Ippolito
Paulo C M Urbano

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Etanercept was the first tumour necrosis factor alpha antagonist approved in the USA for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, in 1998, and then for other diseases. With the etanercept patent set to expire in the EU in 2015, a number of etanercept copies have reached the production phase and are undergoing clinical trials, with the promise of being cheaper alternatives to the reference product. In a global scenario that is favourable to the entry of biosimilars, this article discusses the stage of development, manufacture, clinical trials and the regulatory process involved in the approval of etanercept biosimilars, compiling the literature data. Reducing treatment cost is the principal attraction for biosimilars to emerge in the global market. It is essential for the doctors' decision on the prescription of these medications, as well as for payers, to have clearly defined studies of clinical equivalence, quality, and safety in order to better evaluate the various copies of etanercept. The authors discuss the need to harmonize different national regulations and the introduction of effective pharmacosurveillance systems for prompt recognition of adverse effects in copies of biopharmaceuticals that differ from those found in the reference products.

Indexed as

Clinical Trials as TopicAntirheumatic AgentsArthritis, JuvenileArthritis, PsoriaticArthritis, RheumatoidBiosimilar PharmaceuticalsDrug ApprovalDrug DiscoveryEtanerceptHumansImmunoglobulin GReceptors, Tumor Necrosis FactorSpondylarthropathiesSpondylitis, AnkylosingTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAntirheumatic AgentsBiosimilar PharmaceuticalsEtanerceptImmunoglobulin GReceptors, Tumor Necrosis FactorTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

Identifiers

PMID24980068
PMCPMC4308636

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