BsUFA III Regulatory Science Program Funding Opportunity

New Fact Sheets for Health Care Providers (New)

Consumer Update (CU)

Joint FDA/FTC Statement

Biosimilars Action Plan (BAP)

Educational Materials for Patients

 

Congress, through the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCI Act) of 2009, created an abbreviated licensure pathway for biological products that are demonstrated to be biosimilar to or interchangeable with an FDA-approved biological product. This pathway was established as a way to provide more treatment options, increase access to lifesaving medications, and potentially lower health care costs through competition.

FDA requires biosimilar and interchangeable biological products meet the Agency’s rigorous approval standards. That means patients and health care professionals will be able to rely upon the safety (and effectiveness of the biosimilar or interchangeable product, just as they would the reference product.

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