Infographic: 7 Top Quotes From the National Policy and Advocacy Summit on Biologics and Biosimilars

Newfoundland and Labrador is the latest Canadian province to implement a biosimilar switching policy, following in the footsteps of Ontario and 7 other jurisdictions.

On this episode of Not So Different, Mark Guyot, senior director of unity provider engagement at McKesson, gives an overview of McKesson’s real-world analysis of community oncology practices and their use of biosimilars and offers advice on overcoming adoption barriers and expanding education efforts.

Representatives from Magellan Rx Management provided a detailed overview of current treatment options in ophthalmology and the impact that biosimilars could have during a session at AMCP 2023.

On this episode of Not So Different, Vizient’s Carina Dolan, PharmD, MS, BCOP, expounds on some of the results from Vizient’s recent edition of its Pharmacy Market Outlook Report, including how inflation could influence biosimilar utilization.

In the wake of adalimumab biosimilars hitting the US market, Sophia Z. Humphreys, PharmD, MHA, BCBBS, of Sutter Health, hyped up the current biosimilar market trends and the other products coming down the pipeline during her talk at the Festival of Biologics.

At the Festival of Biologics, Hillel Cohen, the executive director of scientific affairs at Sandoz, shared the current body of literature on biosimilar-to-biosimilar switching, saying that although there isn’t much published data, the vast real-world experience demonstrates the safety of this type of medication switch.