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A Biosimilar for Psoriatic Disease

FDA approved ERELZI, a biosimilar to ENBREL.

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In 2016 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved ERELZI (etanercept-szzs) for the treatment of adults with plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, among other diseases. It is a biosimilar to ENBREL (entanercept), a biologic that was first approved in 1998. [1]

ERELZI is given by injection. It is manufactured by Sandoz, a Swiss-German-based pharmaceutical company. [1]

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