Managing Costs and Advancements in Biosimilars

The FDA granted approval to Steqeyma (ustekinumab-stba) for inflammatory conditions, making it the seventh biosimilar to reference Stelara after a year of multiple ustekinumab biosimilar approvals.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA, from Emory Healthcare and the Winship Cancer Institute, explains the evolution of biosimilar pharmacoeconomics and the different strategies that health care institutions can implement to reap the benefits of biosimilar savings.

Recent discussions at an Institute for Value-Based Medicine event highlighted the significant potential of biosimilars in reshaping the health care landscape, despite facing considerable barriers to adoption.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we’re highlighting a hobby from a biosimilar expert who says he can make whisky more accessible and affordable through—you guessed it—his own biosimilar whisky.

The approval of Yesintek (ustekinumab-kfce), the sixth biosimilar to reference Stelara, will be used to treat patients with various immunology conditions, including psoriatic arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease.

Global Biosimilars Week discussed issues in biosimilar adoption and called for reforms to streamline processes, foster competition, and increase biosimilar access for patients.