REVIEW PAPER
Biosimilar switching – current state of knowledge
Submission date: 2018-05-21
Final revision date: 2018-07-24
Acceptance date: 2018-07-25
Online publication date: 2018-08-31
Publication date: 2018-08-31
Reumatologia 2018;56(4):234-242
KEYWORDS
TOPICS
Rheumatoid arthritis- aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical features and treatmentSpondyloarthropaties - aetiology, pathogenesis clinical features and treatmentNew therapies in rheumatic diseases
ABSTRACT
Evidence from over 10 years of clinical experience demonstrates that biosimilar medicines approved in the European Union can be used for all their registered indications as safely as their originators and with no negative impact on therapeutic efficacy. The debate on the use of biosimilars in rheumatology focuses specifically on the safety of switching between biosimilars and reference products. Studies conducted to date, including randomised double-blind and open-label extension trials, have not demonstrated any significant differences in therapeutic efficacy or safety between patients switched from one medicine to another and those who were continued on a single medicine. According to the latest recommendations for the use of biosimilars in rheumatic diseases, developed by an international task force in 2017, there is no clinical evidence that a single switch from an originator to a biosimilar medicine is associated with any significant risk for patient safety or reduction in therapeutic efficacy.
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