Biological similar drugs vs chemical generic products production drug price supervision comprehensive PK!

Source: pharmaceutical economic news 2016-3-10 biological similar drugs and chemical generic drugs have the same goal - to cure diseases and save people, and both belong to generic drugs, but they are significantly different Compared with chemical generic drugs, biological analogues have two characteristics: high technology threshold and high investment threshold It is generally believed that the research and development of biological analogues usually takes 8-10 years, much longer than that of chemical generic drugs in 3-5 years Sanders, one of the world's largest generics companies and a famous multinational pharmaceutical company Novartis, thinks that the cost of a typical chemical generics is $2 million to $3 million, while the cost of biological similar drugs is as high as $75 million to $250 million, a hundred times difference between the two Although the time and money costs of R & D vary in different reports, there is no dispute that biological analogues take longer than chemical generics and cost more to invest The above differences are caused by many differences between the two kinds of drugs This paper tries to explore the differences between them [PK] in order to understand the differences between biological drugs and chemical generic drugs, it is necessary to find out the differences between biological drugs and chemical generic drugs The author systematically summarizes the differences between the two drugs in a tabular way The main differences between biological analogues and chemical generics are also summarized Original address: http://news.pharmnet.com.cn/news/2016/03/10/439426.html