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ASCO Posters Reflect on Reimbursement Trends, Combination Therapies Involving Biosimilars

June 24, 2024

Two posters from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting look at Medicare reimbursement trends for originator and biosimilar biologics, as well as a combination therapy utilizing a pegfilgrastim biosimilar in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

Overcoming Economic, Noneconomic Barriers to Biosimilar Adoption in Oncology

June 20, 2024

The broader adoption of biosimilar drugs has the potential to significantly reduce cancer care costs and improve patient access to more affordable treatments, benefiting both patients and payers. However, a recent review highlights that biosimilar uptake has been hindered by various economic, practical, attitudinal, and psychological factors.

British Columbia’s Biosimilar Switching Program Saves $732 Million in 5 Years

June 18, 2024

British Columbia's 2019 Biosimilars Initiative, which transitioned over 40,000 patients from costly reference biologics to biosimilars, saved around $732 million in 5 years, maintained comparable health outcomes, and reinvested the savings to improve the province's public payer program.

Breaking Barriers in Osteoporosis Care: New Denosumab Biosimilars Wyost, Jubbonti Approved

June 16, 2024

In this episode, The Center for Biosimilars® delves into the FDA approval of the first denosumab biosimilars, Wyost and Jubbonti (denosumab-bbdz), and discuss their potential to revolutionize osteoporosis treatment with expert insights from 2 rheumatologists.

EHA Poster Shows Transfusion Avoidance Rates Were Comparable Between Eculizumab Biosimilar, Soliris

June 15, 2024

A poster from the European Hematology Association’s (EHA) 2024 annual meeting in Madrid, Spain, showed similar rates of transfusion avoidance between patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria who were administered reference eculizumab (Soliris) and those administered an eculizumab biosimilar (SB12).

Review Finds 7 Themes That Can Help Define the Value of Biosimilars

June 10, 2024

Authors of an integrated literature review identified 7 themes that help stakeholders define the value of biosimilar portfolios beyond cost savings, which could provide stakeholders better clarity as to the value of a biosimilar portfolio vs a single biosimilar within a portfolio.

Dr Lakesha Farmer Highlights Current Biosimilar Education, Acceptance Efforts

June 09, 2024

Cencora's Lakesha Farmer, PharmD, MBA, discusses efforts that health care organizations can take to better educate patients and providers on biosimilars to improve biosimilar acceptance and achieve cost savings associated with these products.