Communication Needed To Avoid Biosimilar ‘Nocebo’ Effect

Enhanced Communication Strategies Show Improvement In Patient Experience

Effective communication between doctors and patients when switching from a branded biologic to a biosimilar is needed to overcome the potential ‘nocebo’ effect, insisted Professor Fabrizio Benedetti at a EULAR symposium.

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Effective communication with patients is needed to overcome the ‘nocebo’ effect for biosimilars • Source: Shutterstock

Effective communication between doctors and patients when switching from a branded biologic to a biosimilar is needed to overcome the potential adverse consequences of the ‘nocebo’ effect, according to Professor Fabrizio Benedetti of the department of neuroscience within Italy’s University of Turin.

Speaking at a European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) virtual symposium on real-world evidence on the subject of “effective communication in...

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