Paper: Assessment of biosimilars – Is Australia leading, following or going its own way?
26 October 2016
In Brief: Because biosimilars and their reference biologic medicine are not identical, whether compared to each other or even between biosimilars, it is important to know which product has been used.
The ongoing lack of certainty about what is required to obtain biosimilar registration in Australia extends to three key issues:
- Comparability: is the new product sufficiently similar to permit it to rely on the reference product’s safety and efficacy, data?
- Extrapolation: for which of the indications of the reference biological will the biosimilar receive marking authorisation?
- Interchangeability: should the new product be substitutable for the reference product in clinical practice and, if so, in what circumstances?
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For further information, please contact:
- Ric MorganSpecial Counsel,
Melbourne
Ph: +61 3 9613 8425
Ric.Morgan@allens.com.au