Assessing awareness and attitudes of healthcare professionals on the use of biosimilar medicines: A survey of physicians and pharmacists in Ireland

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dc.contributor.authorO'Callaghan, Joan
dc.contributor.authorBermingham, Margaret
dc.contributor.authorLeonard, Maurice
dc.contributor.authorHallinan, Frank
dc.contributor.authorMorris, J. Michael
dc.contributor.authorMoore, Una
dc.contributor.authorGriffin, Brendan T.
dc.contributor.funderUniversity College Corken
dc.contributor.funderHealth Products Regulatory Authority, Ireland
dc.contributor.funderRegulatory Science Ireland
dc.contributor.funderIrish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association
dc.contributor.funderAbbVie
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-11T14:57:26Z
dc.date.available2017-09-11T14:57:26Z
dc.date.issued2017-06-27
dc.date.updated2017-09-11T14:49:27Z
dc.description.abstractIncreasing numbers of biosimilar medicines are becoming available. The objective of this survey was to assess awareness of and attitudes to biosimilars amongst physicians (medical specialists and General Practitioners (GPs)) and community pharmacists in Ireland. Physicians were invited to complete an online questionnaire during April and May 2016. Community pharmacists received a postal questionnaire in August 2015. Responses from 102 medical specialists, 253 GPs and 125 community pharmacists were analysed. The majority of medical specialists (85%) and pharmacists (77%) claimed to be either very familiar or familiar with the term biosimilar, whereas many GPs (60%) were unable to define or had never heard of the term. One in five (21%) healthcare professionals responded that biosimilars were the same as generic medicines. The majority of medical specialists opposed pharmacist-led substitution of biological medicines but some thought it could be appropriate if agreed with the clinician in advance. Medical specialists who prescribe biosimilars (n = 43) were more likely to do so on treatment initiation (67%), than switch a patient from an originator medicine to a biosimilar (28%). The findings will aid the design of educational initiatives for healthcare professionals and highlight attitudes of healthcare professionals to biosimilars, so informing regulators, policy makers and industry.en
dc.description.sponsorshipIrish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (Grant title: Regulatory Science Ireland Biosimilars Research Project)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationO'Callaghan, J., Bermingham, M., Leonard, M., Hallinan, F., Morris, J. M., Moore, U. and Griffin, B. T. (2017) 'Assessing awareness and attitudes of healthcare professionals on the use of biosimilar medicines: A survey of physicians and pharmacists in Ireland', Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 88, pp. 252-261. doi: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2017.06.013en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.yrtph.2017.06.013
dc.identifier.endpage261en
dc.identifier.issn0273-2300
dc.identifier.journaltitleRegulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTPen
dc.identifier.startpage252en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/4679
dc.identifier.volume88en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.relation.urihttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273230017301824
dc.rights© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en
dc.subjectBiosimilaren
dc.subjectSurveyen
dc.subjectPharmacistsen
dc.subjectGeneral practitionersen
dc.subjectMedical specialistsen
dc.subjectPhysiciansen
dc.subjectAwarenessen
dc.subjectAttitudesen
dc.titleAssessing awareness and attitudes of healthcare professionals on the use of biosimilar medicines: A survey of physicians and pharmacists in Irelanden
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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