ASBM Hits Back At British Columbia Switching Scheme

Originator-backed lobbying group the Alliance for Safe Biologic Medicines has raised concerns over a biosimilar switching policy recently unveiled by the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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ASBM Has Aimed Its Criticism At The Canadian Province • Source: Shutterstock

British Columbia’s recently-announced initiative to switch patients using biologic drugs to biosimilar equivalents has prompted “concerns” from patients and doctors, according to originator-backed lobbying group the Alliance for Safe Biologic Medicines.

ASBM – which counts among its member partners Amgen, Genentech and the US Biotechnology Innovation Organization brand industry association – labelled the BC government’s policy “an example of ‘non-medical switching’ – switching that results

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