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File this under ‘unintended consequences.’ A number of health care organizations are complaining that a final guideline the US Food and Drug Administration recently released for naming both biologic medicines and identical, but lower-cost biosimilar versions will cost the health care system billions of dollars in technology costs. How so? The guideline is designed to make…

Copyright © DrugPatentWatch. Originally published at Americans overspend $73bn on branded drugs