Biodrugs are substance produced from living organisms like antibodies, interleukins, and vaccines. Biosimilars are officially approved versions of "original" biological products and are manufactured after the original product's patent expires. In India, biosimilars include vaccine, monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins and diagnostics like insulin, erythropoietin, hepatitis B vaccine, streptokinase, epidermal growth factor receptor etc.
In recent years, many biological products are going off patent which has generated a short route for the biosimilar products to enter in the market. Due to this Indian pharmaceutical industry is rapidly moving from chemical-based medicines to biosimilars. Take this 2 min survey and tell us your opinion about biosimilars?
