Inflectra Analytical Data Eased FDA's 'Residual Uncertainty' About Remicade Differences
Executive Summary
Pink Sheet's Drug Review Profile reveals FDA's second biosimilar got hung up on product quality concerns that suggested potential differences between Celltrion's CT-P13 and its reference biologic, Janssen's infliximab.
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