biosimilar

Questions

What does biosimilar mean?

A variant of a biopharmaceutical that is marketed following the expiry of the original patent.

Where does biosimilar come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English similar English biosimilar From bio- + similar.

How to pronounce biosimilar

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