
In a development with widespread implications for health care costs, the US solicitor general recommended that the US Supreme Court review a heated dispute over a rule that will determine when lower-cost biosimilar medicines can be launched. And the solicitor general also took a position that may provide a boost to biosimilar manufacturers.
At issue is the ability of brand-name drug makers to delay the introduction of biosimilars, which are highly identical versions of expensive biologics, but are expected to cost less.