Biosimilars: are they ready for primetime in the United States?

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Published in J Natl Compr Canc Netw on August 01, 2011

Authors

Bradford R Hirsch1, Gary H Lyman

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Duke University and the Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA.

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