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ArticleThe Canadian journal of hospital pharmacy2023

A Framework for Evaluating the Implementation of Biosimilar Drugs.

Lisa Milgram, Sarah Wheeler, Andrea Adamic, Mirhad Loncar, Micheal Guirguis, Betty Jo McCabe

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Article in The Canadian journal of hospital pharmacy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Lisa Milgram, MBA, is with the Provincial Drug Reimbursement Programs, Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario), Toronto, Ontario.
Sarah Wheeler, PhD, is with Quality Measurement and Evaluation, Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario), Toronto, Ontario.
Andrea Adamic, BA, is with the Provincial Drug Reimbursement Programs, Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario), Toronto, Ontario.
Mirhad Loncar, MSc, is with Pharmaceutical Reviews, CADTH, Ottawa, Ontario.
Micheal Guirguis, BSc(Pharm), PhD, is with the University of Alberta Hospital, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta.
Betty Jo McCabe, MEd, is with Quality Measurement and Evaluation, Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario), Toronto, Ontario.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The introduction of biosimilar drugs has significant effects on health care systems, and a variety of approaches are required to support acceptance, adoption, and use of these drugs. Literature exists on the enablers of, and barriers to, biosimilar implementation, but frameworks that support the evaluation of biosimilar implementation strategies are currently lacking. Objective: To develop an evaluation framework for assessing the effects of biosimilar implementation strategies on patients, clinicians, and publicly funded drug programs. Methods: The scope of the evaluation was determined by a pan-Canadian working group through the creation of a logic model of activities and expected outcomes associated with biosimilar implementation. Each component of the logic model was considered under the RE-AIM framework, which led to a set of evaluation questions and indicators. Feedback to inform the final framework was sought from stakeholders through focus group sessions and written responses. Results: An evaluation framework was created that articulates evaluation questions and indicators across 5 priority areas: stakeholder engagement, patient experience, patient outcomes, clinician experience, and system sustainability and affordability. Stakeholder feedback was obtained through 9 focus group sessions with a total of 87 participants. Feedback was used to refine the framework on the basis of stakeholder priorities and feasibility. Conclusions: Through extensive stakeholder consultation, an evaluation framework was developed to measure and monitor the effects of biosimilar implementation on the 5 identified priority areas, as well as to inform future biosimilar implementations. This framework can be used as a starting point for evaluating the implementation of biosimilars across health care systems.

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biosimilar drugsbiosimilar implementationevaluation frameworkindicators

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PMID36998755
PMCPMC10049771

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