U.S. doctors can now choose Amjevita instead, the first of several close copies of the popular rheumatoid arthritis drug expected this year. But industry-watchers warn consumer savings may be limited.
"The patient won't pay any less if they switch to the biosimilar," Feldman said."Why would you switch from [a brand] you already know to [one] that you don't know" if you are paying the same?
Additionally, pharmacists must get a whole new prescription for a biosimilar before swapping it in for a brand-name competitor. With traditional generics, that swap for the pharmacist is essentially automatic and requires no new prescription. While one of Humira's biosimilar competitors — Cyltezo, which will come to the U.S. market in July — has gotten athat allows for automatic swapping, most others have not.
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