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ReviewHospital pharmacy2023

An Institutional Guide for Formulary Decisions of Biosimilars.

Sherin Ismail, Laila Abu Esba, Mansoor Khan, Hana Al-Abdulkarim, Hind Modimagh, Consuela Yousef

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Review in Hospital pharmacy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. A Formulary Management Group Consensus.Global journal on quality and safety in healthcare · 2024
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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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Sherin IsmailPharmaceutical Care Department, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9852-6577
Laila Abu EsbaKing Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mansoor KhanPharmaceutical Care Department, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Hana Al-AbdulkarimKing Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5502-8743
Hind ModimaghKing Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Consuela YousefKing Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences · SAObuda University · HUUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biologics have changed the landscape for the management of many debilitating chronic diseases but account for a significant expenditure of medications globally. Fortunately, advances in technology paved the way for the introduction of biosimilars, which are highly similar to the originator biologics. In the quest to reduce the budget impact of biologics, organizations have begun to adopt biosimilars. Institutions evaluating biosimilars for inclusion in the hospital formulary must make informed formulary decisions by conducting a thorough review of key elements for evaluation of biosimilars and address the multidimensional aspects during the selection process of different biosimilar products. Therefore, we aim to present an institutional guide of these elements to inform formulary decisions. These key elements include biosimilar evaluation for formulary addition; regulatory approval; substitution, interchangeability, and switching; extrapolation; product characteristics, manufacturing, and supply chain issues; pharmacoeconomic evaluations; traceability, nomenclature, and coding; education; and pharmacovigilance.

Indexed as

biologicsbiosimilarsdecision-makingformularypharmacistpharmacy and therapeutics committee

Identifiers

PMID36644755
PMCPMC9837324
OpenAlexW4310990892

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