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REUTERS/Karoly Arvai The FDA just approved a version of Avastin, a blockbuster chemotherapy made by Genentech that brought in $ 6.7 billion in sales in 2016. The newly approved drug, made by Amgen, will go by the marketed name Mvasi. It’s a type of medication called a “biosimilar.” Biosimilars are a bit more complicated than your average […]
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court on Monday cut the time it will take for copycat versions of biologic drugs — known as biosimilars — to get to the market in a pivotal ruling about an expensive class of medicines that can yield billions of dollars in sales for drug companies. The justices, in […]
Shutterstock WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Amgen’s Repatha drug cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes by over 20 percent in patients with heart disease, demonstrating a clear clinical benefit beyond its ability to slash “bad” LDL cholesterol levels, data from a huge study known as Fourier showed on Friday. Results from the highly anticipated 27,564-patient […]
