An adapted F-test for homogeneity of variability in follow-on biological products.

Abstract:

:In recent years, follow-on biological products (biosimilars) have received much attention from both the biotechnology industry and the regulatory agencies, especially after the passage of the 2010 healthcare reform bill. Unlike the traditional small-molecule drug products, the development of biological products is not only more complicated but also sensitive to small changes (both mean and variation) in procedure/environment during the manufacturing process because of some fundamental differences between drug products and biological products. A small change will have an impact on the quality of the product and consequently the treatment effect. Thus, in addition to the assessment of biosimilarity in average, it was suggested that biosimilarity in variability between biological products should be assessed. In this article, we propose an adapted F-test for homogeneity of variances to assess biosimilarity in variability. We study the performance and concordance of the proposed adapted F-test and compare it with probability-based method by extensive Monte Carlo simulations.

journal_name

Stat Med

journal_title

Statistics in medicine

authors

Yang J,Zhang N,Chow SC,Chi E

doi

10.1002/sim.5568

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-02-10 00:00:00

pages

415-23

issue

3

eissn

0277-6715

issn

1097-0258

journal_volume

32

pub_type

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