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ReviewJournal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology2019

Current perspectives on biosimilars.

Frank K Agbogbo, Dawn M Ecker, Allison Farrand, Kevin Han, Antoine Khoury, Aaron Martin, Jesse McCool, Ulrike Rasche, Tiffany D Rau, David Schmidt and 2 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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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

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

12 authors.

Frank K AgbogboCytovance Biologics, 800 Research Parkway, Suite 200, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA. fagbogbo@cytovance.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6550-5929
Dawn M EckerBioProcess Technology Group, BDO-USA Life Sciences Practice, 12 Gill St, Suite 5450, Woburn, MA, 01801, USA.
Allison FarrandCytovance Biologics, 800 Research Parkway, Suite 200, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA.
Kevin HanJoinn Biologics US, Inc, 2600 Hilltop Dr, Richmond, CA, 94806, USA.
Antoine KhouryProject Farma, 810 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA.
Aaron MartinCytovance Biologics, 800 Research Parkway, Suite 200, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA.
Jesse McCoolCytovance Biologics, 800 Research Parkway, Suite 200, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA.
Ulrike RascheEppendorf Bioprocess Center, Rudolf-Schulten-Str. 5, 52428, Juelich, Germany.
Tiffany D Rau, 616 Lagrange St, West Lafayette, IN, 47906, USA.
David SchmidtCytovance Biologics, 800 Research Parkway, Suite 200, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA.
Ma ShaEppendorf Inc, 175 Freshwater Boulevard, Enfield, CT, 06082-4444, USA.
Nicholas TreuheitPfenex Inc, 10790 Roselle St, San Diego, CA, 92121, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this work, an overview of the biosimilars market, pipeline and industry targets is discussed. Biosimilars typically have a shorter timeline for approval (8 years) compared to 12 years for innovator drugs and the development cost can be 10-20% of the innovator drug. The biosimilar pipeline is reviewed as well as the quality management system (QMS) that is needed to generate traceable, trackable data sets. One difference between developing a biosimilar compared to an originator is that a broader analytical foundation is required for biosimilars and advances made in developing analytical similarity to characterize these products are discussed. An example is presented on the decisions and considerations explored in the development of a biosimilar and includes identification of the best process parameters and methods based on cost, time, and titer. Finally factors to consider in the manufacture of a biosimilar and approaches used to achieve the target-directed development of a biosimilar are discussed.

Indexed as

Biosimilar PharmaceuticalsAnimalsDrug ApprovalHumansBiosimilar PharmaceuticalsAnalyticalBiosimilarsMammalianManufacturingMicrobialQuality

Identifiers

PMID31317293
PMCPMC6791907

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