Abstract
In recent years, biosimilar products have become one of the most
popular areas of pharmaceutical industry and pharmaceutical
biotechnology.
As their patents have expired or are about to expire, biotechnology
products, whose manufacture involves more complex processes,
are becoming a focus of interest. Compared to generic products,
complex processes are not limited to manufacture. Preclinical
and clinical development as well as market access process for
biosimilar biological products is also challenging and costly.
Despite these challenges, many companies continue to develop
biosimilar products.
Despite the fact that there are long-term robust data related
to generics, the debate of many topics for biosimilar has just
begun. These topics include the economic contribution of
biosimilar, public cost effects, patient access, clinical trials and
trials comparative with the reference product.
Within the scope of this study, global and Turkey sales data
of biological products containing insulin which was initially
approved in 1982 and was produced by recombinant DNA
technology were reviewed. The study also covered the analytical
comparison of the reference insulin aspart with insulin aspart
biosimilar products and discussed the possible topics that could
be used in development and registration processes.