FDA to “take action” against branded drug makers using scare tactics to thwart biosimilar competition

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FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has taken to Twitter again to state the FDA “continues to be concerned about branded companies creating confusion about the safety and effectiveness of biosimilars and we’ll take action if we determine a company is deliberately misleading the public about the safety of these important products.”

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