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Biosimilars in oncology and inflammatory diseases: current and future considerations for clinicians in Latin America.

Morton Scheinberg, Carlos Pineda, Gilberto Castañeda-Hernández, Juan José Zarbá, Aderson Damião, Luiz H Arantes, Ira Jacobs

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Review in mAbs. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Morton Scheinberga Rheumatology Section - Orthopedics Department , Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein , São Paulo , Brazil.
Carlos Pinedab Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases , Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra , Mexico City , Mexico.
Gilberto Castañeda-Hernándezc Department of Pharmacology , Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional , Mexico City , Mexico.
Juan José Zarbád Oncology Department , Hospital Centro de Salud Zenón J. Santillán , San Miguel de Tucumán , Argentina.ORCID 0000-0003-1013-3993
Aderson Damiãof Department of Gastroenterology , University of São Paulo Medical School , São Paulo , Brazil.
Luiz H Arantesg Pfizer Inc , New York , NY , USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1092-0156
Ira Jacobsg Pfizer Inc , New York , NY , USA.
Pfizer (United States) · USHospital Israelita Albert Einstein · BRInstituto Nacional de Rehabilitación · MXInstituto Politécnico Nacional · MXNational University of Tucumán · ARUniversidade de São Paulo · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biological therapies have revolutionized the treatment of several cancers and systemic immune-mediated inflammatory conditions. Expiry of patents protecting a number of biologics has provided the opportunity to commercialize highly similar versions, known as biosimilars. Biosimilars are approved by regulatory agencies via an independent pathway that requires extensive head-to-head comparison with the originator product. Biosimilars have the potential to provide savings to healthcare systems and expand patient access to biologics. In Latin American countries, regulatory frameworks for biosimilar approval have been introduced in recent years, and biosimilars of monoclonal antibody and fusion protein therapies are now emerging. However, the situation in this region is complicated by the presence of "non-comparable biotherapeutics" (also known as "intended copies"), which have not been rigorously compared with the originator product. We review the considerations for clinicians in Latin American countries, focusing on monoclonal antibody biosimilars relevant to oncology, rheumatology, gastroenterology, and dermatology.

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalBiological ProductsBiosimilar PharmaceuticalsDrug ApprovalDrug TherapyForecastingHumansInflammationLatin AmericaNeoplasmsAntibodies, MonoclonalBiological ProductsBiosimilar PharmaceuticalsAntibodiesbiological therapybiosimilar pharmaceuticalsdermatologygastroenterologyLatin Americamonoclonalneoplasmsrheumatology

Identifiers

PMID30156950
PMCPMC6152448
OpenAlexW2888973049

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