ReviewDrugs2021
Biosimilar-to-Biosimilar Switching: What is the Rationale and Current Experience?
Review in Drugs, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
27 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Use of Biosimilars: A Systematic Review of Published Position Statements and Recommendations from Health Organisations and Societies.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of switching between reference biologics and biosimilars of tumour necrosis factor inhibitors for rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2023Pooled it
- Switching from One Biosimilar to Another Biosimilar of the Same Reference Biologic: A Systematic Review of Studies.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2022Pooled it
- A randomised, crossover trial exploring the patient perspective and effectiveness of biosimilar adalimumab transition: IBD reference and biosimilar adalimumab cross over study (iBaSS).International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2024Trial
- Biosimilars of anti-VEGF agents in retinal diseases: a narrative review of regulatory, clinical, and pharmacoeconomic aspects.International journal of retina and vitreous · 2026Review
- Position statement of the Biotechnology Committee of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology on the interchangeability of originator and biosimilar biologics in immune-mediated rheumatic diseases.Advances in rheumatology (London, England) · 2026Review
- Biologics and biosimilars medication errors in Saudi Arabia: a nationwide retrospective observational real-world study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Evaluation of rheumatologists' knowledge of biosimilars.Advances in rheumatology (London, England) · 2025Article
- The Path to Accessible Care: Development and Impact of Eculizumab Biosimilars for Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria and Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2025Review
- Biosimilars: A Critical Review of Development, Regulatory Landscape, and Clinical Implications.AAPS PharmSciTech · 2025Review
- Recommendations for Interchangeability in a Growing Biosimilar Market in Latin America.Advances in therapy · 2024Review
- Introducing the Biosimilar Paradigm to Neurology: The Totality of Evidence for the First Biosimilar Natalizumab.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2024Review
- Biosimilars in the Era of Artificial Intelligence-International Regulations and the Use in Oncological Treatments.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Additional Data in Expanded Patient Populations and New Indications Support the Practice of Biosimilar-to-Biosimilar Switching.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2024Review
- Unveiling the Biosimilar Paradox of Oncologists' Perceptions and Hesitations in South Korea: A Web-Based Survey Study.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2024Article
- Reverse switching from the biosimilar SB2 to the originator infliximab in previously switched patients with inflammatory bowel diseases: results of a prospective long-term cohort study.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2024Article
- Efficacy and safety of QL0911 in adult patients with chronic primary immune thrombocytopenia: A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III trial.Journal of translational internal medicine · 2023Article
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- Navigating adalimumab biosimilars: an expert opinion.Journal of comparative effectiveness research · 2023Review
- Future Evolution of Biosimilar Development by Application of Current Science and Available Evidence: The Developer's Perspective.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2023Article
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Abstract
Over time, clinicians have become increasingly comfortable embracing the prescription of biosimilars-highly similar versions of innovator or reference biological agents-for their patients with inflammatory diseases. Although a switch from a reference product to a licensed biosimilar version (or vice versa) is a medical decision robustly supported by the stepwise accumulation of clinical trial evidence concerning comparable safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy between these products, a switch from one biosimilar to another biosimilar of the same reference product, or a cross-switch, is not. Similarity among biosimilars of a reference product is not a regulatory agency concern and therefore is unlikely to be investigated in randomized controlled trials in the foreseeable future. Yet in clinical practice, across a diverse range of patients, the option to cross-switch from one biosimilar to another can and does arise for valid reasons such as convenience or tolerability issues, or driven by third parties (e.g., payers). In the absence of clinical trial data, clinicians must attempt to objectively evaluate the emerging real-world cross-switching evidence within the context of what is known about the science underpinning a designation of biosimilar. That knowledge then needs to be integrated with what clinicians know about their patients and their disease on a case-by-case basis. This review aims to consolidate relevant emerging real-world data and other key information about biosimilar-to-biosimilar cross-switching for prescribing clinicians. In the absence of clear clinical guidelines addressing this topic at present, this review may serve to facilitate discretionary and educated treatment decision making.
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