Biosimilars versus ‘biobetters’—a regulator’s perspective

GaBI Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 166-167

  Anour, René ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biobetter; Biosimilar; Competition; Interchangeability; Regulatory pathway

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008256560     PISSN: 20336403     EISSN: 20336772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2014.0304.039     Document Type: Note

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