UPDATE 1-**vartis makes history with U.S. launch of ?biosimilar? drug
UPDATE 1-**vartis makes history with U.S. launch of ?biosimilar? drug
ZURICH/LONDON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - **vartis kicked off a new era in U.S. medicine on Thursday with the launch of the first "biosimilar" copy of a biotech**logy drug approved in the United States, following a green light from a U.S. appeals court.