Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Skinny label biosimilars saved $1.5B from 2015 to 2020

Skinny label biosimilars saved $1.5B from 2015 to 2020

A research letter in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that skinny label biosimilars accounted for 62% of biosimilars launched before 2022, representing an estimated $1.5 billion in savings for Medicare between 2015 and 2020. Legal battles continue as pharmaceutical companies try to protect their exclusivities, and the authors note that "the path forward is for Congress to enact additional legislation that reaffirms and strengthens the permissibility of skinny labeling."

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