Biosimilar Makers Take On ‘Huge’ Barriers To A Sustainable European Market
Executive Summary
The biosimilars industry in Europe will face a struggle over the next few years as the longer-term sustainability of the market is threatened by a dearth of big biologic patent expiries and a growing number of new innovative drugs targeted at smaller patient populations. The Pink Sheet spoke to Adrian van den Hoven and Marc-Alexander Mahl of the generics and biosimilar medicines association, Medicines for Europe, about the sector’s key challenges and how they can be tackled.
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