ASBM, Patient Groups Write Australia on Proposed Substitution Policy
July 6, 2015
On May 26, 2015 Australian Health Minister Sussan Ley announced that Australia would become the first nation in the world to allow so-called “automatic” substitution of biosimilars by pharmacists in place of the biologic prescribed by a physician. This move came at the recommendation of Australia’s Pharmacy Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC). In response to this development, ASBM and several […]