Lilly is planning for growth even beyond the loss of patent protection for Trulicity in 2027. In addition to internal R&D, Smiley said a third of new drugs will come from business development. 

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The International Pharmaceutical Regulators Programme has documented various approaches currently being used for the clinical comparability of biosimilar monoclonal antibodies in different jurisdictions.