Abstract

Letter to Editor

The Daring of Biosimilars

Nuris Ledón* and Agustín Lage

Published: 01 May, 2017 | Volume 1 - Issue 1 | Pages: 017-020

The so-called “biotechnological revolution” is changing the structure of the Pharmacopoeia [1]. The space of biological products, previously limited to blood products and vaccines, grew from the introduction of first recombinant therapeutics in the 1980s until attaining a 25% by value of the pharmaceutical market. This share is expected to reach 50% in the coming years. More than 80 biotechnology drugs have entered the market in the last ten years. It is estimated that there are more than 900 biological products on development for more than 100 diseases [2].

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