FDA Commissioner’s Rx For US Biosimilars Market: Reform Contracting Practices And Payment Models
Executive Summary
In unveiling the agency’s Biosimilar Action Plan, FDA's Gottlieb continued his pattern of provocative remarks by criticizing brand company practices and payment models that impede biosimilar competition and could ultimately undermine innovation. He also called for more action by the Federal Trade Commission and downplayed the impact interchangeability could have on biosimilar uptake.
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