Engelsk titel: Biological drugs and biosimilars
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Författare:
Klaveness, Jo
Email: jo.klaveness@farmasi.uio.no
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 8
Dokumenttyp:
Översikt
UI-nummer: 18030004
Sammanfattning
Biological drugs are drug products comprising drug substances produced by living organisms. Biological drug substances are generally proteins or protein derivatives prepared by use of recombinant DNA technology. Several biological drugs are clinically very effective drugs; especially within oncology and immune related diseases. Biosimilar drugs are drugs that are similar to an approved biological drug. Biological drugs cannot today be substituted in the pharmacy in Norway. Several new biological drugs, especially monoclonal antibodies, and new biosimilar drugs are in development.