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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2021

Policies to Encourage the Use of Biosimilars in European Countries and Their Potential Impact on Pharmaceutical Expenditure.

Sabine Vogler, Peter Schneider, Martin Zuba, Reinhard Busse, Dimitra Panteli

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. Biosimilar Uptake in Spain from 2016 to 2023: Analysis Based on Official Data Collection.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2026
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  11. Beyond Cost: Observations on Clinical and Patient Benefits of Biosimilars in Real-World Settings.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2025
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  12. Demand- Versus Supply-Side Policies in Market Penetration of Biosimilars: Which is More Effective?BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2025
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  14. Defining a Framework for Sustainable Global Biosimilars Markets Using Findings from a Targeted Literature Review.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sabine VoglerWHO Collaborating Centre for Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies, Department of Pharmacoeconomics, Austrian National Public Health Institute (Gesundheit Österreich GmbH/GÖG), Vienna, Austria.
Peter SchneiderWHO Collaborating Centre for Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies, Department of Pharmacoeconomics, Austrian National Public Health Institute (Gesundheit Österreich GmbH/GÖG), Vienna, Austria.
Martin ZubaDepartment of Health Economics and Health Systems Analysis, Austrian National Public Health Institute (Gesundheit Österreich GmbH/GÖG), Vienna, Austria.
Reinhard BusseDepartment of Health Care Management, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Dimitra PanteliDepartment of Health Care Management, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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biologicalbiosimilarcross-country comparisonpolicy measuresavingssubstitution

Identifiers

PMID34248615
PMCPMC8267415

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