Exploration of Musculoskeletal Diseases

From: Selecting the best-value biosimilar in emerging countries

Table 1. Examples of follow-on biologics used in rheumatology that are commercialized in Latin America by licensee companies that are not the actual manufacturer

INN	Manufacturer of follow-on biologic (Country)	Local licence (Country)
Rituximab	mAbxience (Argentina)	PiSA-Farmacéutica (Mexico) Laboratorios Bioéticos (Paraguay) Urufarma (Uruguay)
	Celltrion (South Korea)	Saval (Chile)
	AryoGen Pharmed (Iran)	PeruLab (Peru)
Adalimumab	Amgen (USA)	Asofarma (Central America)
Infliximab	Celltrion (South Korea)	Gobbi Novag SA (Argentina) SAVAL Pharmaceuticals (Chile) OXIALFARM CIA LTDA (Ecuador) AC Pharma (Peru)
Etanercept	Shanghai CP Guojian Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (China)	Lafrancol (Colombia)

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INN: international non-proprietary name

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GCH: Conceptualization, Visualization, Writing—review & editing. The author read and approved the submitted version.

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G.C-H has received consultancy fees from companies commercializing both, originator and biosimilar products, namely AbbVie, Amgen, Asofarma, BeiGene, Merck, Sharp & Dohme, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Sandoz, Sanofi, and UCB.

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