Interchangeability of Biosimilars: A European Perspective

BioDrugs

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 83-91

  Kurki, Pekka ^a   van Aerts, Leon ^b   Wolff Holz, Elena ^c   Giezen, Thijs ^d   Skibeli, Venke ^e   Weise, Martina ^f  

^a FIMEA   (Finland)

^b MEDICINES EVALUATION BOARD   (Netherlands)

^c PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d Hospital Pharmacy of Haarlem   (Netherlands)

^e Norwegian Medicines Agency   (Norway)

^f FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR DRUGS AND MEDICAL DEVICES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ANTIANEMIC AGENT; BIOSIMILAR AGENT; ETANERCEPT; FILGRASTIM; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; INFLIXIMAB; INFLIXIMAB DYYB; INSULIN GLARGINE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; CT-P13; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG MARKETING; EUROPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PHARMACOKINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG INDUSTRY; EUROPEAN UNION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES;

ADALIMUMAB; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOSIMILAR PHARMACEUTICALS; DRUG INDUSTRY; EPOETIN ALFA; ETANERCEPT; EUROPEAN UNION; FILGRASTIM; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM;

EID: 85010755037     PISSN: 11738804     EISSN: 1179190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40259-017-0210-0     Document Type: Article

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