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• Five Chinese companies join UN’s MPP for Covid-19 medicines
• South Korean companies to make generic Bridion and COVID-19 drugs
• Revlimid (lenalidomide) generics launch across Europe
• Cancer and diabetes generic treatments receive positive opinion from EMA’s CHMP

Research

• What is the meaning of a narrow therapeutic index?
• Consequences of generics being favoured by healthcare providers
• What is meant by a generic medication and generic equivalence?
• The cost of developing drugs and use of generics

General

• Pharmaceutical companies in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Canada calls for support to national pharmacare and generics industry
• UK NHS faces drug shortages
• High drug bills? Turn to your pharmacist for help

News

• FDA approves pegfilgrastim and rituximab biosimilars
• Byooviz: first ophthalmology biosimilar launches in US
• Biocon: cancer biosimilar launch in Canada and US$90 million Malaysia deal
• Canada approves five biosimilars in last seven months

Research

• No trends in biosimilars uptake levels in the US, reveals study
• The impact of biosimilar insulins on public spending in Brazil
• Challenges with implementing benefit-sharing programmes for biologicals in Europe
• Successful increase of biosimilar adoption in a large integrated health delivery network

General

• Current status of monoclonal antibody biosimilars approved in Latin America
• Overview of monoclonal antibody biosimilars in Latin America
• American Academy of Ophthalmology biosimilars position statement published
• US prescription drug expenditure projection report

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