Tuesday, September 23, 2014

A Sense of Déjà Vu: The Debate Surrounding State Biosimilar Substitution Laws

Description:
The Affordable Care Act created an approval pathway for less expensive generic versions of biologic drugs, known as biosimilars, or follow-on biologics. This Insight on the Issues discusses controversial new state legislation that could greatly limit the savings from biosimilars and notes similarities to the debate ignited by the passage of federal legislation that encouraged the development of traditional generic drugs.
Source: AARP Public Policy Institute

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