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ReviewCurrent rheumatology reports2017

Update on Biosimilars in Asia.

Wen-Chan Tsai

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Review in Current rheumatology reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 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

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

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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

1 author.

Wen-Chan TsaiSchool of Medicine Kaohsiung Medical University, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, 100 Tzyou 1st Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. d10153@ms14.hinet.net.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThis review provides an update on the evolution of, manufacturing of, and regulations for biosimilars in Asian countries. RECENT

findingsThe use of biologics revolutionized the treatment of various diseases. However, the high cost of biologics remained unaffordable for most Asian patients and increases the financial burden of Asian governments. The development of biosimilars provides the best solution for this predicament. A great boom of biosimilars is developing in Asia. Hundreds of biopharmaceutical companies have established their manufacturing facilities and provide affordable products for Asian patients. Regulation guidelines and international harmonization are evolving. Better manufacturing quality and post-market pharmacovigilance are needed in Asia despite the rapid evolution of biosimilar development.

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AsiaBiosimilar PharmaceuticalsDrug ApprovalDrug DiscoveryHumansBiosimilar PharmaceuticalsAsiaBiologicsBiosimilars

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.