McClellan Joseph E, Conlon Hugh D, Bolt Michael W, Kalfayan Vatche, Palaparthy Rameshraja, Rehman Muhammad I, Kirchhoff Carol F
Pfizer Inc., Biosimilars Development, 235 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017, USA.
Analytical Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Andover, MA, USA.
Therap Adv Gastroenterol. 2019 Jun 13;12:1756284819852535. doi: 10.1177/1756284819852535. eCollection 2019.
The 'totality-of-the-evidence' biosimilarity concept requires that sufficient structural, functional, nonclinical, and clinical data are acquired in a stepwise manner, to demonstrate that no clinically meaningful differences in quality, safety, or efficacy are observed compared with the reference product. We describe the totality of the evidence for PF-06438179/GP1111 (PF-SZ-IFX; IXIFI™ [infliximab-qbtx]/Zessly®) that supported its approval as an infliximab (IFX) biosimilar for all eligible indications of reference IFX (ref-IFX; Remicade®) in Europe and in the US. Analytical similarity involving assays capable of distinguishing structural or functional differences between PF-SZ-IFX and ref-IFX formed a foundation for the biosimilarity exercise. Differences identified in N-glycosylation and charge heterogeneity were found not to impact the results in biological assays reflective of the pharmacology underlying the mechanisms of action (tumor necrosis factor binding, reverse signaling, antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity and complement-dependent cytotoxicity) of IFX across disease indications. Similarity was assessed in a comparative clinical pharmacokinetic study and in a clinical efficacy and safety study in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, where therapeutic equivalence between PF-SZ-IFX and ref-IFX provided confirmatory evidence of biosimilarity, and, when coupled with the analytical similarity already established, supported extrapolation to all eligible disease indications of ref-IFX.
“总体证据”生物类似药相似性概念要求逐步获取足够的结构、功能、非临床和临床数据,以证明与参比产品相比,在质量、安全性或有效性方面未观察到具有临床意义的差异。我们描述了PF-06438179/GP1111(PF-SZ-IFX;IXIFI™[英夫利昔单抗-qbtx]/Zessly®)的总体证据,这些证据支持其作为英夫利昔单抗(IFX)生物类似药在欧洲和美国获批用于参比IFX(ref-IFX;Remicade®)的所有符合条件的适应症。涉及能够区分PF-SZ-IFX和ref-IFX之间结构或功能差异的分析相似性构成了生物类似药相似性研究的基础。在N-糖基化和电荷异质性方面发现的差异并未影响反映IFX在不同疾病适应症中作用机制(肿瘤坏死因子结合、反向信号传导、抗体依赖性细胞介导的细胞毒性和补体依赖性细胞毒性)的生物学试验结果。在一项比较临床药代动力学研究以及一项类风湿性关节炎患者的临床疗效和安全性研究中评估了相似性,其中PF-SZ-IFX和ref-IFX之间的治疗等效性提供了生物类似性的确证证据,并且与已确立的分析相似性相结合,支持外推至ref-IFX的所有符合条件的疾病适应症。