US Commercial Plans Increase Choice Of Biosimilar And Originator Products; Market Net Prices Decrease.
Health Aff (Millwood)
; 43(9): 1290-1295, 2024 09.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-39226499
ABSTRACT
Biosimilars drugs are almost identical copies of original biologic products. Early biosimilars had slower adoption and savings than expected; however, biosimilars launched in recent years have had more success. With several biosimilar launches planned in the next few years, it is important to understand how the state of the market might foretell significant market savings in the future. To do so, we explored how the introduction of biosimilars affected originator-biosimilar markets during the period 2017-22. We found that after biosimilar availability, payers increasingly allowed choice of preferred products. By 2022, 76 percent of commercial payers' coverage policies listed two or more products (originator or biosimilar) as first-line options. Biosimilar market shares exceeded those of originators a mean of three years after first biosimilar launch, and originator-biosimilar market average sales price declined substantially. Taken together, these findings provide evidence of a functioning competitive market.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Custos de Medicamentos
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Medicamentos Biossimilares
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Aff (Millwood)
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos