The OncLive Biosimilars condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on currently available and investigational biosimilars for reference drugs such as trastuzumab, rituximab, bevacizumab, and more. This page features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on updates with biosimilars and ongoing research with these types of agents.
April 29th 2024
The FDA has approved trastuzumab-strf for HER2-overexpressing breast cancer and HER2-overexpressing metastatic gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma.
November 28th 2023
September 25th 2023
Patient, Provider and Caregiver Connection™: Addressing Patient Concerns During the Treatment and Management of HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer
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Breaking Down Biomarkers in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Case-Based Discussion for the Oncology Nurse
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Medical Crossfire®: Critical Questions on Diagnosis, Sequencing, and Selection of Systemic and Radioligand Therapy Options for Patients with GEP-NETs
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Medical Crossfire®: Expert Exchanges to Maximize Clinical Outcomes for Patients with CRPC Through Evidence-Based Personalized Therapy
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Patient, Provider, and Caregiver Connection: Addressing Pediatric and AYA Patient Concerns While Managing Hodgkin Lymphoma
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Go To PER in Chicago
May 31, 2024 - June 2, 2024
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Live “Hot Seat”: Experts Face Your Hot-Button Questions on Maximizing PARP Inhibitors in Patients With CRPC
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Everything You Need to Know About PARP Inhibitor Combinations in Prostate Cancer Care: Why? For Whom? And When?
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Oncology Consultations®: Next Generation SERDs—Key Data and Practical Takeaways for the Community Physician
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Multidisciplinary Management of TNBC: Immunotherapy, PARP, TROP2, Oh My!
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Expanding the Armamentarium of Actionable Mutations in NSCLC: Uncovering the Potential of CEACAM5 as a Therapeutic Target
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Community Practice Connections™: 14th Annual International Symposium on Ovarian Cancer and Other Gynecologic Malignancies
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Advances In™: Targeting PSMA to Advance Diagnosis And Management Of Patients With Prostate Cancer
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Clinical Case Vignette Series: Integrating Recent Data into Practice to Improve Outcomes in Advanced Prostate Cancer
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Community Practice Connections™: The Advent of TROP2-Targeted Treatment Approaches in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer
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B-Cell Tumor Board: Rendering Real World Personalized Treatment Plans in CLL/SLL and MCL Through the Lens of Emerging BTKi Evidence
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Community Practice Connections™: 8th Annual School of Gastrointestinal Oncology®
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Community Practice Connections™: Controversies and Conversations About HER2- Expressing Breast Cancer…Advances in Management of HER2-Low to -Positive Disease
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Show Me the Data™: Do We Have Sea Change for Novel Approaches in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer? CDK, PI3K/AKT, ADC, and Next-Gen SERD Strategies Assessed
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Cancer Summaries and Commentaries™: Clinical Updates from Chicago in Breast Cancer
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7th Annual Live Medical Crossfire®: Hematologic Malignancies
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Cancer Summaries and Commentaries™: Clinical Updates in RCC from Chicago
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Community Practice Connections™: What the Community Needs to Know to Apply RLT in PSMA-Positive mCRPC in Context with Current Treatment Paradigms
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Community Practice Connections™: Integrating BTK Inhibitors Into the CLL/SLL and MCL Treatment Paradigm
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Pathology Implications for CEACAM5 as a Therapeutic Target in Advanced NSCLC
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2024 International Symposium of Gastrointestinal Oncology (ISGIO)
October 11-12, 2024
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Virtual Show Me the Data™: How HER2, HER3, and TROP2 Targeted Strategies Will Impact Evolving Paradigms in NSCLC
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Applying New Evidence in Multiple Myeloma Care from Frontline to R/R Disease
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Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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Medical Crossfire®: How Does Recent Evidence on PARP Inhibitors and Combinations Inform Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer Now and In the Future?
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Dr. Ellis Considers the Use of Biosimilars in Oncology
August 22nd 2018Matthew J. Ellis, MD, PhD, professor and director, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, associate director of Precision Medicine, Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, discusses considerations for the use of biosimilars in oncology.
Real-World Results Back Filgrastim Biosimilar Use for Febrile Neutropenia
August 22nd 2018Lee Schwartzberg, MD, discusses a retrospective analysis of patients with nonmyeloid cancer who received a filgrastim biosimilar versus the filgrastim biologic and explains how biosimilars have the potential to transform the field of oncology beyond the scope of supportive care.
Dr. Kolberg Discusses Next Steps with ABP 980
August 16th 2018Hans-Christian Kolberg, MD, head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Breast Cancer Center, and Gynecologic Cancer Center at Marienhospital Bottrop, Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Bottrop, Germany, discusses next steps with the trastuzumab (Herceptin) biosimilar ABP 980.
Dr. Hurvitz on the Impact of Biosimilars
August 7th 2018Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, director of the Breast Oncology Program, medical director of the Clinical Research Unit, University of California, Los Angeles Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the impact of biosimilars in the treatment of patients with breast cancer.
Dr. Ellis on the Entrance of Biosimilars Into the Field of Oncology
August 6th 2018Matthew J. Ellis, MD, PhD, professor and director, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, associate director of precision medicine, Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, discusses the entrance of biosimilars into the field of oncology.
EU Approves Trastuzumab Biosimilar for HER2+ Breast, Gastric Cancers
PF-05280014 (Trazimera), a biosimilar for trastuzumab (Herceptin), has been approved for use in the European Union to treat patients with HER2 overexpressing metastatic or early breast cancer and HER2 overexpressing metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.
Dr. Kolberg Provides a Global Perspective on Biosimilar Integration
July 13th 2018Hans-Christian Kolberg, MD, head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Breast Cancer Center, and Gynecologic Cancer Center at Marienhospital Bottrop, Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, provides a global perspective on the integration of biosimilars into cancer care.
Dr. Kolberg Explains the Approval Process for Biosimilars
June 28th 2018Hans-Christian Kolberg, MD, head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Breast Cancer Center, and Gynecologic Cancer Center at Marienhospital Bottrop, Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Bottrop, Germany, explains the approval process for biosimilars.
Dr. Kolberg Discusses the Central Pathology Review of ABP 980
June 21st 2018Hans-Christian Kolberg, MD, head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Breast Cancer Center, and Gynecologic Cancer Center at Marienhospital Bottrop, Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Bottrop, Germany, discusses the central pathology review of the trastuzumab (Herceptin) biosimilar ABP 980.