Biosimilars
Biologics currently represent the majority of health care spending both for employers and patients in need of these treatments. This highlights the importance of focusing on the opportunity available to increase patient access and reduce costs by substituting biosimilars for biologics. To reduce cost and increase access to life-saving treatments, PBGH works with employers and purchasers to assess and break through barriers to adopting biosimilars.
Resources
Promoting Pharmaceutical Value through Biosimilar Adoption: Self-Insured Employer Experience
Purchaser perspectives and understanding of biosimilar adoption based on key stakeholder interviews.
Biosimilar Adoption: Challenges and Opportunities
PBGH undertook a project to identify the market challenges associated with biosimilar adoption.
Two Employer Plan Sponsors Biosimilar Savings Analysis
The purpose of this study was to assess potential savings from using biosimilars instead of reference biologic drugs, based on market pricing, potential rebates foregone, and biosimilar uptake.
Biosimilars from the Physician Perspective
Biosimilars offer hope for competition in the high-cost specialty drug space where costs continue to skyrocket.
ACOs and Biosimilars
Misaligned financial incentives and opaque drug purchasing arrangments appear to be the primary culprits preventing the robust adoption of biosimilars in the U.S. market.