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Biosimilars: Exploring The History, Science And Proogress, Joseph D. Tariman Phd
Biosimilars: Exploring The History, Science And Proogress, Joseph D. Tariman Phd
Joseph D Tariman PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAAN
BACKGROUND: Biosimilars provide opportunities for improving healthcare access and outcomes and reducing overall healthcare costs for patients with cancer.
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this article is to explore the history of biosimilars, regulatory pathways, and barriers to biosimilar approval. This article also aims to describe the patient and clinician barriers to biosimilars use and the progress that has been achieved since the first biosimilar approval in Europe in 2006 and in the United States in 2015.
METHODS: A literature search was conducted to retrieve articles that are highly relevant to the history of biosimilars development and regulatory pathways in the …
Clinical Perspectives On Obesity Treatment: Challenges, Gaps, And Promising Opportunities, Steven B. Heymsfield, Louis J. Aronne, Ihuoma Eneli, Rekha B. Kumar, Marc Michalsky, Elizaveta Walker, Bruce M. Wolfe, Susan Woolford, Susan Yanovski
Clinical Perspectives On Obesity Treatment: Challenges, Gaps, And Promising Opportunities, Steven B. Heymsfield, Louis J. Aronne, Ihuoma Eneli, Rekha B. Kumar, Marc Michalsky, Elizaveta Walker, Bruce M. Wolfe, Susan Woolford, Susan Yanovski
Elizaveta Walker
This paper highlights the challenges, remaining gaps, and promising opportunities in advancing obesity treatment. The authors discuss challenges facing children and adults with obesity, including access to treatment, risks involved with treatment, responsiveness to treatment, and the importance of multidisciplinary care teams. The authors discuss the need for policy changes to support people with obesity, connect the various sectors that affect treatment outcomes, and improve access to care; and the need for a shift in societal perception about risk factors that cause severe obesity. In thinking about future research opportunities, the authors discuss the need for individualized obesity treatments, especially …