{"id":5511,"date":"2023-06-05T18:37:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T18:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/?post_type=product&#038;p=5511"},"modified":"2026-02-03T16:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:20:35","slug":"about-biosimilars","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/product\/hadlima\/about-biosimilars\/","title":{"rendered":"About Biosimilars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" id=\"h-consider-these-points\" style=\"color:#19105f\">Consider these points<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" id=\"h-some-patients-may-not-be-familiar-with-biosimilars-these-talking-points-may-be-helpful-when-prescribing-a-biosimilar-like-hadlima\" style=\"color:#cd336a\"><strong>Some patients may not be familiar with biosimilars. These talking points may be helpful when prescribing a biosimilar, like HADLIMA.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A biosimilar is a biologic product that is highly similar to an already approved biologic product, called a &#8220;reference product&#8221; (RP)<sup>6<\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The FDA requires that a biosimilar be highly similar to its RP, notwithstanding minor differences in clinically inactive components and without clinically meaningful differences in terms of safety, purity, and potency<sup>2<\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HADLIMA is an FDA-approved interchangeable biosimilar to HUMIRA (adalimumab)<sup>1<\/sup>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-751585db0ee4fdf2b444892874591d20\" style=\"color:#cd336a\">An interchangeability designation enables a pharmacist to substitute the reference product with a biosimilar without the need to consult the prescriber, depending on state pharmacy laws.<sup>7<\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/06\/Group-66.png?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5797\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" id=\"h-biosimilars-are-rigorously-studied-and-evaluated-before-the-fda-grants-approval-so-that-patients-can-be-assured-of-the-safety-efficacy-and-quality-of-these-products-6\" style=\"color:#cd336a\">Biosimilars are rigorously studied and evaluated before the FDA grants approval so that patients can be assured of the safety, efficacy, and quality of these products.<sup>8<\/sup><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#19105f\">FDA, US Food and Drug Administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-text-color\" id=\"h-a-highly-similar-treatment\" style=\"color:#19105f\">A highly similar treatment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-text-color\" id=\"h-hadlima-and-humira\" style=\"color:#cd336a\">HADLIMA and HUMIRA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Frame-2399.svg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/about-circle-2-1.svg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/jagged_cicle_1-1.svg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"parent":5527,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"product_categories":[],"product_specialization":[],"customer_type":[],"class_list":["post-5511","product","type-product","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.11 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HADLIMA\u2122 (adalimumab-bwwd) Is a HUMIRA (adalimumab) Biosimilar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn more about explaining biosimilars to your patients and HADLIMA\u2122(adalimumab-bwwd), a HUMIRA (adalimumab) biosimilar with similar safety, purity, and potency.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/product\/hadlima\/about-biosimilars\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About Biosimilars\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn more about explaining biosimilars to your patients and HADLIMA\u2122(adalimumab-bwwd), a HUMIRA (adalimumab) biosimilar with similar safety, purity, and potency.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/product\/hadlima\/about-biosimilars\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-03T16:20:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/12\/organon-pro-og-img.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"HADLIMA\u2122 (adalimumab-bwwd) Is a HUMIRA (adalimumab) Biosimilar","description":"Learn more about explaining biosimilars to your patients and HADLIMA\u2122(adalimumab-bwwd), a HUMIRA (adalimumab) biosimilar with similar safety, purity, and potency.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/product\/hadlima\/about-biosimilars\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"About Biosimilars","og_description":"Learn more about explaining biosimilars to your patients and HADLIMA\u2122(adalimumab-bwwd), a HUMIRA (adalimumab) biosimilar with similar safety, purity, and potency.","og_url":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/product\/hadlima\/about-biosimilars\/","og_site_name":"US","article_modified_time":"2026-02-03T16:20:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/12\/organon-pro-og-img.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/product\/hadlima\/about-biosimilars\/","url":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/product\/hadlima\/about-biosimilars\/","name":"HADLIMA\u2122 (adalimumab-bwwd) Is a HUMIRA (adalimumab) Biosimilar","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/product\/hadlima\/about-biosimilars\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/product\/hadlima\/about-biosimilars\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/06\/Group-66.png?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1","datePublished":"2023-06-05T18:37:39+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-03T16:20:35+00:00","description":"Learn more about explaining biosimilars to your patients and HADLIMA\u2122(adalimumab-bwwd), a HUMIRA (adalimumab) biosimilar with similar safety, purity, and potency.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/product\/hadlima\/about-biosimilars\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/product\/hadlima\/about-biosimilars\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/product\/hadlima\/about-biosimilars\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/06\/Group-66.png?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/06\/Group-66.png?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/product\/hadlima\/about-biosimilars\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Products","item":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/product\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"HADLIMA\u2122","item":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/product\/hadlima\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"About Biosimilars"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/#website","url":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/","name":"US","description":"Here for her health","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/#organization","name":"Organon Pro","url":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/ORGANON_PRO_1Color_Logo_White_RGB_M01.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/08\/ORGANON_PRO_1Color_Logo_White_RGB_M01.png","width":2579,"height":529,"caption":"Organon Pro"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hereforherhealth\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/organon"]}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5511"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10760,"href":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5511\/revisions\/10760"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5511"},{"taxonomy":"product_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_categories?post=5511"},{"taxonomy":"product_specialization","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_specialization?post=5511"},{"taxonomy":"customer_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organonpro.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/customer_type?post=5511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}