Quarterly catalogue and summary of the published literature

The quarterly summaries provide an update to the comprehensive literature search previously conducted on behalf of the Department of Health. To ensure that the core messages of the Biosimilar Education Grant remain relevant and factual, these catalogue and summaries of the published literature examine all international and Australian clinical, academic and policy journals in relation to biosimilar medicines.

The catalogue and summary updates are conducted with an emphasis on ensuring that the evidence is up-to-date in the following key topic areas:

  • Comparability of biosimilar medicines to reference biological medicines, specifically in reference to substitution (including single switch and multiple switch scenarios), and extrapolation of indication
  • Biosimilar medicine uptake related to prescribing and dispensing trends, particularly evidence relating to policies on biosimilar medicine use
  • Health outcomes and adverse events of biological and biosimilar medicines from a pharmacovigilance perspective
  • Current perceptions of biosimilar medicines (qualitative and quantitative evidence) relating to awareness, confidence, attitudes and acceptance

Download the July 2020 – September 2020 report

An update to the comprehensive literature search previously conducted on behalf of the Department of Health.

Download the April 2020 - June 2020 Report

The quarterly catalogue and summary of published literature provides an update to the comprehensive literature search previously conducted on behalf of the Department of Health

Download the July - September 2020 Report

The quarterly catalogue and summary of published literature provides an update to the comprehensive literature search previously conducted on behalf of the Department of Health.

Download the January 2020 - March 2020 Report

The quarterly catalogue and summary of published literature provides an update to the comprehensive literature search previously conducted on behalf of the Department of Health

download the October 2019 – December 2019 report

An update to the comprehensive literature search previously conducted on behalf of the Department of Health.

download the July 2019 – Sept 2019 report

An update to the comprehensive literature search previously conducted on behalf of the Department of Health.

download the Apr 2019 – Jun 2019 report

An update to the comprehensive literature search previously conducted on behalf of the Department of Health.

download the Jan 2019 – mar 2019 report

An update to the comprehensive literature search previously conducted on behalf of the Department of Health.

download the oct 2018 – dec 2018 report

An update to the comprehensive literature search priviously conducted on behalf of the Department of Health.