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Biosimilar-to-Biosimilar Switches Deemed Safe and Effective, Systematic Review Reveals
Switching from one biosimilar medication to another is safe and effective, a new systematic review indicates, even though this clinical practice is not governed by current health authority regulations or guidance.
"No reduction in effectiveness or increase in adverse events was detected in biosimilar-to-biosimilar switching studies conducted to date," the review's authors note in their study, published online July 26 in BioDrugs.
"The possibility of multiple switches between biosimilars of the same reference biologic is already a reality, and these types of switches are expected to become more common in the future. …although it is not covered by current health authority regulations or guidance," add the authors, led by Hillel P. Cohen, PhD, executive director of scientific affairs at Sandoz, a division of Novartis.
Source: Medscape