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JOURNAL ARTICLE
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
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Assessing the impact of substandard copy medicines in developing countries: the experience with imatinib copies.
Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology 2013 November
Access to safe, high-quality medicines is an important international healthcare issue. In developing countries, copy medicines may be attractive due to low acquisition price, but their potential risks due to inadequately demonstrated bioequivalence have garnered only limited attention. As a result, policy-makers, physicians and patients may have incomplete information regarding their real-world safety and efficacy. Using chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) treatment as an example, we conducted a literature review of case reports and study publications to assess whether the available literature provides evidence on the real-world safety and efficacy of imatinib copies. While several publications described clinical outcomes with imatinib copy treatment, significant gaps in interpretability and quality exist. We conclude that clear demonstration of bioequivalence is critical for copy drugs, and in the presence of uncertain bioequivalence, greater pharmacovigilance and real-world data benchmarked against originator medications are needed to assess the impact of copy medicines and protect patients in developing countries.
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