FDA Biosimilar Policy Continues To Evolve With Approval Of Sandoz Erelzi
Executive Summary
Third biosimilar approved in US brings another iteration of FDA thinking on labeling and naming; etanercept-szzs, which references Amgen's Enbrel, suggests agency might be backtracking on its suffix policy.
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