Biosimilars: present status, challenges and future prospects

New guidelines for “similar biologics” launched August 15 will help address local patient access to expensive drugs while serving to attract international manufacturers to India. The Department of Biotechnology and Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation developed the regulatory framework with input from industry and academia. Under the new guidelines, manufacturers must prove similarity to a reference biologic already approved in India or licensed and sold for at least four years in a regulated market. The biosimilar should be comparable to the innovator drug in safety, efficacy and quality as demonstrated by analytical and clinical trials and the preclinical and clinical studies should also be comparative in nature. Approval “without involved clinical trials” is possible if manufacturers prove close similarity to its reference product, and show consistency in production process. Present article cover the all the aspects of Biosimialr on Indian prospect: How they grow and impact on society.