AMCP Panel Details Barriers to Broad Biosimilar Adoption

For biosimilar use to truly take flight, health plans need to focus on easing switches between original products and reference products — and policymakers should consider expanding interchangeability, according to expert presenters at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) annual conference in New Orleans.

There is a lot of "promise" and "optimism" around biosimilars, said Cate Lockhart, Pharm.D., Ph.D., executive director of the Biologics and Biosimilars Collective Intelligence Consortium, during an April 17 panel at the AMCP conference, but there is more that could be done to increase systemic savings and improve patient access.