Valerie DeBenedette is a medical news writer in Putnam County, N.Y.
Biogeneric substitution: Time for an approval pathway from Congress
April 2nd 2007The terms being used to describe these generics-biogenerics, generic biologics, biological follow-on products, biosimilar drugs, generic biopharmaceuticals-are interchangeable, but the question of how to determine whether these generics are safely interchangeable with the branded products is only now starting to be answered.