PMID: 25726028Mar 3, 2015Paper

Assessment of pharmacists' views on biosimilar naming conventions

Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy
Sara Fernandez-LopezTrent McLaughlin

Abstract

As the date for the introduction of biosimilars in the United States approaches, questions remain regarding the naming, coding, and approval process for these agents that will need to be carefully considered. To (a) ascertain pharmacists' awareness of and comfort level with biosimilars and (b) determine the impact of identical or different nonproprietary names on pharmacists' confidence in substituting interchangeable biologics. The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, the American Pharmacists Association, and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists fielded a survey to their membership or a partial segment of their membership. The survey consisted of 2 sections: (1) current processes for reporting biologics being dispensed and (2) familiarity and preferences regarding biosimilars. A substantial majority (70.1%) of respondents reported regularly using National Drug Code numbers as the identifier for biological products dispensed to patients; however, 10.4% of respondents reported using either the nonproprietary name or the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System code as the identifier. When presented with 3 scenarios for naming conventions of interchangeable biosimilars and asked to rate their level of confidence (1 = n...Continue Reading

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Oct 21, 2015·BioDrugs : Clinical Immunotherapeutics, Biopharmaceuticals and Gene Therapy·Sara Fernandez-Lopez
Jun 26, 2015·Drug Safety : an International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Drug Experience·Stella Stergiopoulos, Kenneth Getz
Oct 13, 2016·Hospital Pharmacy·Anne P Kim

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