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This medical PowerPoint presentation is about biological medicines and biosimilars. Biological medicines, also known as biologics, are complex molecules that are produced using living cells. They are used to treat a wide range of diseases, including cancer, autoimmune disorders, and infectious diseases. Biological medicines are typically large, complex proteins that are difficult to produce and replicate, making them more expensive than traditional small molecule drugs.

Biosimilars are versions of biological medicines that are produced by different manufacturers once the patent on the original product has expired. Biosimilars are not identical to the original biological medicine, but they are highly similar in terms of their safety and efficacy. Biosimilars undergo rigorous testing and evaluation to ensure that they are comparable to the original product in terms of quality, safety, and effectiveness.

Biosimilars are a cost-effective alternative to the original biological medicine, as they are generally less expensive than the branded product. However, the development and manufacturing of biosimilars can be complex and expensive, as they require a high degree of scientific expertise and specialized facilities.

Overall, biological medicines and biosimilars have revolutionized the treatment of many diseases, providing patients with more effective and targeted therapies. However, the development and use of these complex molecules requires careful monitoring and regulation to ensure that they are safe and effective.

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Biosimilars Knowledge Connect Slide ResourceThis slide deck has been designed to be used as a central resource from which pertinent slides can be extracted as needed and is not intended for use in its entirety www.BiosimilarsKnowledgeConnect.com
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Introduction to biological medicinesand biosimilars A biosimilar is an approved version of a biological medicine with an identical primary amino acid sequence to the originator and developed with the intention to be as close to the originator as possible Like biological medicines, biosimilars are complex protein molecules that are produced by living organisms During the past 15 years, biological medicines have had a profound impact on healthcare primarily in the areas of rheumatology and oncology as well as endocrinology, cardiology, dermatology, gastroenterology, and neurology Many of the world’s top-selling medicines are now biological medicines However, biological medicines are expensive (sometimes by several orders of magnitude more than small-molecule chemical drugs), limiting patient access As many biological medicines come off patent globally, there is great interest in the development of biosimilars, which are likely to be more affordable
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The increasing rate of developmentof biosimilars Biological medicines due to come off patent2,3 It has been estimated that 31 different companies were developing biosimilar monoclonal antibodies (as of March 2012), compared with 18 companies as of Sept 2011 – an increase of 67% in a 6-month period.1 Barkalow F, Biosimilar monoclonal antibodies. In the pipeline: major players and strategies. Citeline. Haag T (Lonza) and Krattiger C (GfK). The emergence of biosimilars—How are they different from generics and what are the implications from marketing? EphMRA presentation. June 29, 2011. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-08-13/news/sns-rt-elan-spinofftysabril6e8jd71t-20120813_1_tysabri-elan-patent-protection 2010–2015 2016–2020 Post–2020
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As of Sept 2013, 16 biosimilars have been approved in the EU* *Out of a total of 20 marketing authorization applications. **The marketing authorization for Filgrastim Ratiopharm was voluntarily withdrawn in 2011 at the request of the marketing authorization holder. Source:EMA biosimilar EPAR listing: Accessed October 2013.
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Biosimilars differ from small-molecule generic drugs – manufacture Adapted from The Biosimilars Handbook, Barclays Capital, 11 Feb 2011
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Biosimilars are subjected to a more rigorous clinical development process than generics Biosimilars Generics Proof of quality and bioequivalence No substantial clinical data required Reference to originator’s data Different manufacturing processes can and often do yield differences in the end product After the quality of a biological medicine is demonstrated, some non-clinical and clinical studies are necessary Immunogenic response cannot be predicted and therefore must be tested Source: J. Mascaro: Regulatory evaluation of therapeutic biological medicines, Aug 15, 2007 Small molecule Biological medicine
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The potential impact of biosimilars A survey conducted in the European Union in 2010 found cost savings in 24 member states where biosimilars were marketed alongside their originators* There was sustained price discounting in all countries, although this did vary at the country level Values range from a 5% discount for filgrastim in the UK to a 53% discount for the same medicine in Denmark in 2009 The availability of biosimilars of somatropin, epoetin alfa, and filgrastim in Europe has led to price discounts relative to their respective originators ranging from 5–82% The table below describes the mean price discount of biosimilar versions of the medicines listed relative to their originator products Expected cost savings *Rovira J, Espín J, García L, and Olry de Labry A. The impact of biosimilars’ entry in the EU market. 2011. http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/healthcare/files/docs/biosimilars_market_012011_en.pdf.
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Adapted with permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Clin Pharmacol Ther (McCamish M and Woollett G. The state of the art in the development of biosimilars. 91(3):405–417), © 2012 Biosimilars can improve healthcare Biosimilars can enable previously restricted therapies to become part of the accepted standard of care In the UK, patients have benefited from lower acquisition costs and improvements in the practice of medicine after the approval of a filgrastim biosimilar This has enabled the routine use of filgrastim (as a biosimilar) as a first-line treatment for the first time November 2008 biosimilar approved Note: Zarzio® (filgrastim) is not marketed in the United States. UK filgrastim volume growth percent change vs. previous year Many physicians moved filgrastim back to first-line cancer treatment because of lower biosimilars cost G-CSF prevents hospital readmission owing to infection Biosimilars are less expensive than originator biologics Zarzio “patient support kits” expand patient access: Patients self-administer at home Efficiency savings repatriated
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Biosimilars must undergo rigorous testing To establish biosimilarity, the sponsor must first show that the candidate is highly similar to the reference originator at the analytical level. This can take multiple iterations in early-stage development before clinical testing may begin The sponsor must also perform detailed analysis of the originator reference, especially if the structure and biological function is inadequately defined Physicochemicalcharacterization Biologicalcharacterization Non-clinical PK/PD Clinicaltrials Analytics Design specifications Validation Processdevelopment Adapted with permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Clin Pharmacol Ther (McCamish M and Woollett G. The state of the art in the development of biosimilars. 91(3):405–417), © 2012
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Examples of copies of biological medicines from largely unregulated markets may not meet today’s rigorous standards In the past, copies of biological medicines have been produced in some countries where a rigorous regulatory pathway had not been established for biosimilars These are known as copy-biologics, alternative biologics or intended copies of biological products They may not meet the current criteria defined by the FDA or EMA for biosimilarity and would not be approved in most regulated markets at the present time without additional testing As guidelines are established worldwide to standardize the testing of biosimilars for comparability against an originator product, the development of such products becomes less widespread* *Barkalow F, Biosimilar monoclonal antibodies. In the pipeline: major players and strategies. Citeline.
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Why immunogenicity testing is essential To date, there have been no reports of an approved biosimilar being associated with any unusual or unexpected adverse events, although at least two biosimilars that are currently approved in the EU encountered unwanted antibody development during pre-approval clinical studies For a somatropin biosimilar, non-neutralizing antibodies were triggered by increased levels of HCPs For an epoetin biosimilar, neutralizing antibodies were triggered leading to premature termination of the clinical trial Changes in manufacturing process, however, have been associated with problems with immunogenicity even in novel biological medicines Immunogenicity testing is therefore an essential part of the biosimilar testing process Saenger, P. Current status of biosimilar growth hormone. Int J Pediatr Endocroinol 2009; 370329. Bennett, CL et al. Pure red-cell aplasia and epoetin therapy. NEJM 2004;351:1403–8. Mascaro J, presentation . Mexico, August 15, 2007 Increased incidence of pure red cell aplasia with EPREX® (epoetin) SC Related to leachables from changes in primary packaging Immunogenicity of GM-CSF Non-immunogenic in immunosuppressed patients Antibodies in non-immunosuppressed patients Thrombopoietin immunogenicity Pegylated rHuMGDF: highly immunogenic persistent thrombocytopenia meant development program was stopped Tryptophan-eosinophilamyalgia syndrome Production strain changed: purification modified. Unrecognized impurity caused EMS (>1300 cases, 38 deaths)
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Highly regulated markets ensure safe biosimilar medicines Biosimilar quality is assured by rigorous testing requirements, which include head-to-head analytical/non-clinical/clinical testing against the reference originator. In addition, the regulatory authorities, such as the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and US FDA, require robustness in manufacturing process To date, there have been no reports of a biosimilar medicine in highly regulated markets being associated with any unusual or unexpected adverse events as compared to its originator In Europe, no unusual or unexpected clinical events have been observed with biosimilars of somatropin, epoetin, or filgrastim In the USA, no unusual or unexpected adverse events have been seen with products approved as follow-on biologics on the basis of abbreviated data packages, including Omnitrope® McCamish M and Woollett G. The state of the art in the development of biosimilars. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2012;91(3):405–417.
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http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index.jsp?curl=pages/regulation/general/general_content_000408.jsp&mid=WC0b01ac058002958c The BPCI Act appears in Title VII, subtitle A of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, March 2010. US Food and Drug Administration. Guidance for industry. Scientific considerations in demonstrating biosimilarity to a reference product. Draft Guidance. Feb 2012. Draft revisions to Overarching Guideline; Quality Guideline; Non-clinical and Clinical Guideline 2004 2009 2011 2006 2007 2008 2012 2010 2013 2005 EMEA Legislative Pathway EMEA Regulatory Guidance [Overarching Guideline] under revision Product Class Specific Guidelines: Low molecular weight heparin, recombinant Interferon-alpha Product Class Monoclonal antibodies – non-clinical and clinical issues Product Class Specific Guideline: Erythropoietin (revised) Quality Guideline; Non-Clinical and Clinical Guideline (under revision ) Product Class Specific Guidelines: Insulin, G-CSF, Somatropin Product Class Immunogenicity assessment of monoclonal antibodies Public Health Service Act amended to allow the approval of biosimilars Overarching Draft Guidelines on biosimilars Europe US Biosimilar regulations in EU and USA: different stages of development The EU pioneered the development of biosimilar regulations US overarching guidelines issued Draft revisions to Product Class Specific Guideline: Insulin, low molecular weight heparin Product Class Follicle stimulating hormone, Interferon-beta
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USA: a biosimilar is “highly similar to the reference product notwithstanding minor differences in clinically inactive components” and “there are no clinically meaningful differences between the biological product and the reference product in terms of the safety, purity, and potency” EU: a similar biological or 'biosimilar' medicine is a biological medicine that is similar to another biological medicine that has already been authorized for use and it does not have any meaningful differences from the reference medicine in terms of quality, safety, or efficacy The definition of ‘biosimilarity’ in the USA vs EU McCamish M and Woollett G. The state of the art in the development of biosimilars. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2012;91(3):405–417. Food and Drug Administration. Guidance for industry. Scientific considerations in demonstrating biosimilarity to a reference product. Draft Guidance. Feb 2012. Article 8 of Directive 2001/83, as amended.
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Requirements of clinical studies in the USA and EU Once a Phase I study establishes that a biosimilar possesses comparable pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic attributes in human subjects to the reference biological medicine, a Phase III study of safety, efficacy, and immunogenicity is usually initiated Phase III studies use the most sensitive, homogeneous patient population and clinical endpoint to establish the similarity of the biosimilar to the reference and to be able to detect product-related differences If the mechanism of action (MoA) for the reference medicine is known, the biosimilar medicine is expected to have the same MoA for the prescribed conditions based on labeling Uses for the biosimilar medicine in its labeling must “have been previously approved for the reference product” The extent, duration and timing of studies for evaluation of immunogenicity vary depending on a variety of factors including: the expected duration of product use, nature of product, known incidence and clinical consequences of immune response for the reference product, results of analytical comparability studies Gravel P, Naik A, Le Cotonnec J-Y. Biosimilar rhG-CSFs: how similar are they? Targ Oncol 2012; 7(Suppl 1):S3–S16. US Food and Drug Administration. Guidance for industry. Scientific considerations in demonstrating biosimilarity to a reference product. Draft Guidance. Feb 2012.
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Requirements of clinical studies in the USA and EU US FDA requires a comparative repeat dose toxicity study in a relevant species (if available) that includes toxicokinetic measurements, systemic exposure, local tolerance, and immunogenicity assessments. EMA suggests a risk-based approach to animal studies, taking into consideration factors such as residual uncertainty at the end of in vitro studies and availability of sensitive species/models for in vivo animal studies Both EMA and FDA require a sufficient number of product batches to be tested during physiochemical and functional comparative studies to capture the inherent batch-to-batch variability in product characteristics. The biosimilar is expected to exhibit variability similar to the reference medicine Chance K. US Biosimilar Guidelines: Summary and Insights 2012. Regulatory Focus April 2012 Datamonitor; Pharmaceutical key trends 2011—Biosimilar market overview.
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The biosimilar approval pathways across highly regulated markets are similar Datamonitor; Biosimilars global regulatory update, May 2012. Regulatory agency websites. US Food and Drug Administration. Guidance for industry. Scientific considerations in demonstrating biosimilarity to a reference product. Draft Guidance. Feb 2012.
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The biosimilar approval pathways across highly regulated markets are similar US Food and Drug Administration. Guidance for industry. Scientific considerations in demonstrating biosimilarity to a reference product. Draft Guidance. Feb 2012.
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Comparative biosimilar approval pathways across the world Datamonitor; Biosimilars global regulatory update, May2012. Regulatory agency websites. Department of Biotechnology. Guidelines on similar biologics: Regulatory requirements for marketing authorization in India, 2012.
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EMA and FDA have rigorous standards for biosimilar applications *Post-approval, the marketing authorization for Filgrastim Ratiopharm was voluntarily withdrawn in 2011 at the request of the marketing authorization holder (Ratiopharm), so 15 biosimilars are currently available. Ahmed I, Kaspar B, and Sharma, U. Biosimilars: Impact of biologic product life cycle and European experience on the regulatory trajectory in the United States. Clin Ther 2012; 34(2):400–419. McCamish M and Woollett G. The state of the art in the development of biosimilars. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2012;91(3):405–417. Biosimilar quality is assured by the rigorous testing that is integral to the development and manufacturing process required by regulatory authorities such as the European Medicines Agency and US FDA Following 20 marketing applications, the EMA has approved 16 biosimilar medicines* Thus far, in the absence of differences in biophysical properties between biosimilars and their originators, no significant clinical variation has been observed Examples of EMA-rejected or withdrawn biosimilar applications:
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Regulatory guidelines for biosimilar approvals are developing at different paces Datamonitor. Biosimilars global regulatory update, May2012. European Generic Medicines Association, 2010.
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