{"id":29570,"date":"2026-09-28T10:26:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?p=29570"},"modified":"2026-09-28T10:26:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:26:42","slug":"who-strengthens-biosimilar-regulation-to-expand-access-to-affordable-medicines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?p=29570","title":{"rendered":"WHO Strengthens Biosimilar Regulation to Expand Access to Affordable Medicines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The World Health Organization is working with medicines regulators in the Western Pacific Region to strengthen regulatory review of <strong>biosimilar medicines<\/strong>, with the aim of helping more patients access quality-assured and potentially more affordable treatments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">WHO and the Republic of Korea&#8217;s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety brought together regulators to support implementation of WHO&#8217;s revised guidelines for evaluating biosimilars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Biosimilars are biological medicines designed to be highly similar to already approved biological products. WHO said stronger regulatory capacity can help countries assess these products efficiently while maintaining standards for quality, safety and efficacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The initiative is part of broader efforts to strengthen medicines regulation and improve access to essential health technologies across the Western Pacific.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>Support independent journalism:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?page_id=1083&amp;utm_source=chatgpt.com\">Support HRNW<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> This report is based on publicly available information and official WHO sources. HRNW is an independent news platform and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the World Health Organization or the United Nations.<\/p>\n<div contenteditable=\"false\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<h1><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organization is working with medicines regulators in the Western Pacific Region to strengthen regulatory review of biosimilar medicines, with the aim of helping more patients access quality-assured and potentially more affordable treatments. WHO and the Republic of Korea&#8217;s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety brought together regulators to support implementation of WHO&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":29571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-united-nations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29572,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29570\/revisions\/29572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}