Are biosimilar drugs as good as biologics?


By AGENCY
Both biologics and biosimilars are made from living organisms, like human cells or bacteria. — Bloomberg

It took years for Elle Moxley to get a diagnosis that explained her crippling gastrointestinal pain, digestion problems, fatigue, and hot, red rashes.

And after learning in 2016 that she had Crohn’s disease – a chronic inflammation of the digestive tract – she spent more than four years trying medications before getting her disease under control with a biologic drug called Remicade.

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