Determinants of prescribing decisions for off-patent biological medicines in Belgium: a qualitative study

• Main Authors: Yannick Vandenplas (Author), Steven Simoens (Author), Philippe Van Wilder (Author), Arnold G. Vulto (Author), Florian Turk (Author), Isabelle Huys (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background A competitive market for off-patent biologicals leads to more affordable and high-quality healthcare. In recent years, Belgium has been characterized by its low use of biosimilars and by its shifts from off-patent biologicals toward new alternative therapies. Yet, the prescribing...