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BIOSIMILAR BIOLOGICAL DRUG [1 record]

Record 1 2018-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
DEF

... a drug demonstrated to be highly similar to a biologic drug that was already authorized for sale ...

OBS

Biosimilars are approved based on a thorough comparison to a reference drug and may enter the market after the expiry of reference drug patents and data protection.

OBS

Not to be confused with the term "generic drug."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
DEF

[...] médicament dont on a démontré le caractère très semblable à un médicament biologique déjà autorisé pour la vente [...]

OBS

Les médicaments biosimilaires sont approuvés en fonction d'une comparaison approfondie avec un médicament de référence et peuvent faire leur entrée sur le marché une fois que les brevets et les protections des données du médicament biologique de référence sont expirés.

OBS

À ne pas confondre avec le terme «médicament générique».

Spanish

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