Extensive Savings Remain Elusive 10 Years Into Biosimilar Era With Chart: Increased Biosimilar Use Could Offer Significant Savings for Employers

Biosimilar medications can offer meaningful cost savings for payers, but market and regulatory barriers are still preventing them from realizing their full economic potential, according to a March 31 Johns Hopkins University study funded by the ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), a lobbying group for companies managing self-funded health insurance plans.

Biosimilars have demonstrated the potential to save patients money in the studied drug categories, according to Mariana Socal, a physician and researcher at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and one of the study’s authors.

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Peter Johnson

Peter Johnson

Peter has worked as a journalist since 2011 and has covered health care since 2020. At AIS Health, Peter covers trends in finance, business and policy that affect the health insurance and pharma sectors. For Health Plan Weekly, he covers all aspects of the U.S. health insurance sector, including employer-sponsored insurance, Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage and the Affordable Care Act individual marketplaces. In Radar on Drug Benefits, Peter covers the operations of (and conflicts between) pharmacy benefit managers and pharmaceutical manufacturers, with a particular focus on pricing dynamics and market access. Before joining AIS Health, Peter covered transportation, public safety and local government for various outlets in Seattle, his hometown and current place of residence. He graduated with a B.A. from Colby College.

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