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ReviewPharmaceutics2025

Biosimilars Targeting Pathogens: A Comprehensive Review of Their Role in Bacterial, Fungal, Parasitic, and Viral Infections.

Mohamed Halawa, Ramez M Rashad ElSayed, Tope Aderibigbe, Precious M Newman, Briana E Reid, Valerie J Carabetta

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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

3 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

6 authors.

Mohamed HalawaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ 08103, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6594-7479
Ramez M Rashad ElSayedCancer Nanotechnology Research Laboratory (CNRL), Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria P.O. Box 21521, Egypt.
Tope AderibigbeDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ 08103, USA.
Precious M NewmanDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ 08103, USA.
Briana E ReidDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ 08103, USA.
Valerie J CarabettaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ 08103, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2211-0556

Funding

Investigation of the physiological significance of protein acetylation in Bacillus subtilisR35GM138303 · NIGMS · ROWAN UNIVERSITY · PI CARABETTA, VALERIE JEAN · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM138303NIH HHS 1R35GM138303-05A1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biosimilars represent medicinal products that exhibit a high degree of similarity to an already sanctioned reference biologic agent, with negligible clinically significant disparities concerning safety, purity, or potency. These therapeutic modalities are formulated as economically viable substitutes for established biologics, thereby facilitating increased accessibility to sophisticated treatments for a range of medical conditions, including infectious diseases caused by bacterial, fungal, and viral pathogens. The current landscape of biosimilars includes therapeutic proteins, such as monoclonal antibodies, antimicrobial peptides, antiviral peptides, and antifungal peptides. Here, we discuss the obstacles inherent in the development of biosimilars, including the rapid mutation rates of pathogens. Furthermore, we discuss innovative technologies within the domain, including antibody engineering, synthetic biology, and cell-free protein synthesis, which exhibit potential for improving the potency and production efficiency of biosimilars. We end with a prospective outlook to highlight the importance and capacity of biosimilars to tackle emerging infectious diseases, highlighting the imperative need for ongoing research and financial commitment.

Indexed as

antibacterial biosimilarsantifungal biosimilarsantimicrobial peptidesantiviral biosimilarsinfection managementmonoclonal antibodiestherapeutic proteins

Identifiers

PMID40430873
PMCPMC12115129

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