Biologics
- Made from living organisms
- Larger and complex Vs chemical drugs
Biosimilars
- Highly similar to biologics
- Not identical to biologics
In the past 2- 3 decades, biologics have become an important part of
disease treatment in several diseases like
While these have proven well in treatment, cost for the patient is very high due to heavy drug development expenditure.
An alternative to biologicals is “biosimilars,” which are copies of biologicals and less expensive than the reference
biological.
Biopharmaceuticals / biologics/ biosimilars
Biosimilars come into the picture when the patents for biologicals expire. Biosimilars are not exactly same as the original reference drug and cannot be called as generic versions of biologic agents.