Biosimilars in Canada: Assessing Barriers, and Benchmarking with Early Adopters

February 13, 2024 10:45am

Jessica Arias
Manager, Provincial Drug Reimbursement Programs Clinical Institutes & Quality Programs
Ontario Health

Tijana Fazlagic
Executive Director of Therapeutic Assessment & Access Pharmaceutical, Laboratory & Blood Services Division
BC Ministry of Health

Helen Stevenson
Founder & CEO
Reformulary Group Inc.

Moderator:
Rosemarie-childrehose

Rosemarie Childerhose
Head, Market Access & Pricing
Biocon Biologics

  • Analyzing how the biosimilars listings differ across the country by province
  • Benchmarking with BC as the first province to implement a non-medical biosimilars switch policy
    • How have switch policies impacted patients and provincial budgets
  • Identifying remaining barriers to access across therapeutic areas and improving clinician support
  • Assessing how provincial policies are impacting private plans
  • Learn about the Pan-Canadian Oncology Biosimilars Initiative and how it shaped the implementation of oncology biosimilars in Canada
    • Examining outputs from the initiative, including education materials, a real-world evidence
  • Analysis of trastuzumab (reference v biosimilar), and oncology-specific utilization data for Ontario