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.
December 26th 2023
The FDA has approved an on-body injector (OBI) presentation of the biosimilar pegfilgrastim-cbqv biosimilar (Udencya), known as Udencya Onbody, which is administered to patients with cancer the day after chemotherapy in order to decrease infection incidence from febrile neutropenia.
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Oncology Consultations®: Next Generation SERDs—Key Data and Practical Takeaways for the Community Physician
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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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Expanding the Armamentarium of Actionable Mutations in NSCLC: Uncovering the Potential of CEACAM5 as a Therapeutic Target
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Multidisciplinary Management of TNBC: Immunotherapy, PARP, TROP2, Oh My!
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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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Community Practice Connections™: Controversies and Conversations About HER2- Expressing Breast Cancer…Advances in Management of HER2-Low to -Positive Disease
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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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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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Biosimilar Filgrastim Would Lower Medicare Out-of-Pocket Expenses
Out-of-pocket expenditures are substantially less among Medicare beneficiaries with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy who receive prophylaxis for febrile neutropenia with a filgrastim biosimilar as opposed to the reference product.
Dr. Brufsky on Ways to Mitigate Cost Before Biosimilars Reach US Market
December 18th 2018Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, associate chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, co-director, Comprehensive Breast Cancer Center, associate director, Clinical Investigation, University of Pittsburgh, discusses cost mitigation practices that can be implemented before more biosimilars reach the United States market.
Trastuzumab Biosimilar CT-P6 Shows Comparable Efficacy at 2-Year Follow-up
CT-P6, a proposed biosimilar to trastuzumab, exhibited long-term disease-free survival and overall survival similar to the reference product in the treatment of patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer.
Dr. Kolberg on Ensuring Confidence With Biosimilars in Oncology
December 12th 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 importance of ensuring confidence with biosimilars in oncology.
Dr. Esteva on the Trastuzumab Biosimilar Candidate CT-P6 in HER2+ Breast Cancer
December 11th 2018Francisco J. Esteva, MD, PhD, medical oncologist, New York University’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, discusses the efficacy and safety of the trastuzumab (Herceptin) biosimilar candidate CT-P6 in HER2-positive breast cancer.
Dr. Bardia on Potential Concerns With Biosimilars in Breast Cancer
December 11th 2018Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, director of Precision Medicine at the Center for Breast Cancer, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, discusses potential concerns regarding the use of biosimilars in the breast cancer space.
Dr. Pegram on the Manufacturing Process of Biosimilars
December 6th 2018Mark D. Pegram, MD, Susy Yuan-Huey Hung Professor, co-director, Stanford’s Molecular Therapeutics Program, director, Breast Cancer Oncology Program, Stanford Women’s Cancer Center, discusses the manufacturing process of biosimilars.
Dr. Brufsky Addresses Biosimilar Skepticism
December 5th 2018Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, associate chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, co-director, Comprehensive Breast Cancer Center, associate director, Clinical Investigation, University of Pittsburgh, addresses biosimilar skepticism.
Dr. Pegram on Projections of Cost Reductions With Biosimilars
December 4th 2018Mark D. Pegram, MD, Susy Yuan-Huey Hung Professor, co-director, Stanford’s Molecular Therapeutics Program, director, Breast Cancer Oncology Program, Stanford Women’s Cancer Center, discusses projections of cost reductions with biosimilars.
Dr. Goy Discusses the Rituximab Biosimilar FDA Approval
November 29th 2018Andre Goy, MD, MS, chief, Division of Lymphoma, chairman and director, John Theurer Cancer Center, discusses the FDA approval of the rituximab (Rituxan) biosimilar, CT-P10 (Truxima; rituximab-abbs), for the treatment of adult patients with CD20-positive, B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma as a single agent or in combination with chemotherapy.
Pegfilgrastim Biosimilar Approved in Europe
November 28th 2018The European Commission has granted approval to the biosimilar Ziextenzo, a biosimilar for pegfilgrastim, as a treatment to reduce the duration of neutropenia and incidence of febrile neutropenia that is associated with anticancer chemotherapy.
Dr. Markman on the Concept of Biosimilars in Oncology
November 27th 2018Maurie Markman, MD, president of Medicine and Science, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, editor-in-chief, OncologyLive, and 2018 Giant of Cancer Care® for Gynecological Cancers, discusses the concept of biosimilars in oncology.
Dr. Rugo on the Optimal Setting for Biosimilar Evaluation
November 20th 2018Hope Rugo, MD, professor of medicine, director of the Breast Oncology Clinical Trials Program, University of California, San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the optimal setting for biosimilar evaluation.
Dr. Brufsky on Reducing the Cost of Care in Breast Oncology
November 17th 2018Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, associate chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, co-director, Comprehensive Breast Cancer Center, associate director, Clinical Investigation, University of Pittsburgh, discusses reducing the cost of care in breast oncology.
Dr. Pegram on Future Impact of Biosimilars in Oncology
November 13th 2018Mark D. Pegram, MD, Susy Yuan-Huey Hung Professor, co-director, Stanford’s Molecular Therapeutics Program, director, Breast Cancer Oncology Program, Stanford Women’s Cancer Center, discusses the future impact of biosimilars in oncology.
Dr. Brufsky Discusses Reasons to Use Biosimilars in Oncology
November 6th 2018Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, associate chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, co-director, Comprehensive Breast Cancer Center, associate director, Clinical Investigation, University of Pittsburgh, discusses reasons to use biosimilars in oncology.