L. Endrenyi – Biosimilar Drug Product Development (2017)

Автор: L. Endrenyi
Название книги: Biosimilar Drug Product Development
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Медицина
Страницы: 496
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

Features

Covers practical issues commonly encountered in biosimilar drug product development
Discusses current regulatory thinking concerning the approval pathway of biosimilar products and recent developments of statistical methods for the assessment of biosimilar products
Reviews the analytical, animal and clinical development of biosimilars and discusses issues of structural and functional characterization, manufacturing process control, and immunogenicity
Discusses post-approval pharmacovigilance, economic and legal considerations, and the extrapolation of indications
Provides insightful discussion regarding interchangeability and substitution from statistical, regulatory and clinical perspectives
Summary

When a biological drug patent expires, alternative biosimilar products are developed. The development of biosimilar products is complicated and involves numerous considerations and steps. The assessment of biosimilarity and interchangeability is also complicated and difficult. Biosimilar Drug Product Development presents current issues for the development of biosimilars and gives detailed reviews of its various stages and contributing factors as well as relevant regulatory pathways and pre- and post-approval issues.