Anticorps monoclonaux biosimilaires Étude comparative des qualités analytique et fonctionnelle

International audienceBiosimilars marketing authorization requires a strict demonstration of similarity with the reference antibody, through preclinical and clinical studies. This article reviews the panel of in vitro physicochemical and functional analyses, which are performed prior to clinical studies. For each critical attribute of the antibody, we detail the commonly used analytical techniques, their working principle and the type of information they may give