The past year has seen significant progress for US biosimilars, AmerisourceBergen’s senior director of biosimilars, Sean McGowan, tells Generics Bulletin in an exclusive Q&A. With oncology products set to capture record market share and the first US Food and Drug Administration approvals for interchangeable and ophthalmic biosimilars, McGowan also suggests that uptake will be fast once biosimilar challengers to Humira (adalimumab) hit the market from 2023.
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Uptake is expected to be “rapid” once Humira biosimilars launch in the US, according to Sean McGowan, senior director of biosimilars at AmerisourceBergen. Meanwhile, milestone first approvals for interchangeable and ophthalmic biosimilars show that the US biosimilars market is moving in the right direction, he tells Generics Bulletin in an exclusive Q&A.

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