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ARTICLE | Regulation

China gears up for biosimilars

China manufacturing requirements pose hurdle for global biosimilars players

March 30, 2015 7:00 AM UTC

Multinational biosimilars companies that lack manufacturing facilities in China could find themselves at a disadvantage to local rivals in getting biosimilars approved.

China FDA clarified in a recently released guideline that while biosimilars will be reviewed according to different technical criteria, they are subject to the same new drug approval pathway as innovative biologics...