Developing biosimilars of medicines that are due to come off patent could save the NHS up to £40m per year on average, a Medicines UK report has said

Developing biosimilars of medicines that are due to come off patent could save the NHS up to £40m per year on average, a Medicines UK report has said
Antibody Therapeutics (IF=4.8, Oxford University Press) ⚡ Research Highlight - A landscape of sequence variants in 51 commercial antibody therapeutics.
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Biocon Achieves Positive CHMP Opinion for Pertuzumab Biosimilar, A First Under EMA’s New Clinical Approach #India #Bengaluru #Biocon #Biosimilar #Pertuzumab
Biocon's Pertuzumab Biosimilar Receives Positive CHMP Opinion Under EMA's New Development Approach #India #Bengaluru #Biocon #Biosimilar #Pertuzumab
This article perpetuates the claim that so-called "patent thickets" delay competition.
But the data doesn't support their existence.
According to the #USPTO, there is no evidence that the number of #patents covering a #medicine affects the timing of #generic and #biosimilar entry.
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