Set Targets Not Price Limits, German Industry Pleads
Plans for reference-price group for four anti-TNFs, including adalimumab and etanercept
Executive Summary
Grouping together biosimilar adalimumabs and etanercepts with patented biologics in the same reference-price group in Germany threatens to remove biosimilars’ market advantage and weaken competition, local industry fears.
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