Download the 2nd Edition Patient Guide to Biosimilars

Biosimilars are an evolving field of treatment, so we’ve updated our Patient Guide to Biosimilars to give you the most up to date and accurate understanding possible. 

Vetted by both medical experts and people taking biosimilars, our Biosimilar Patient Guide offers clear, trusted information to make sense of your treatment options, and help you, alongside your provider and care team, make the treatment decision that is right for you.

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What's Inside

This guide covers the basics of biosimilars and will give you clear, simple answers to many of your questions about these medications. You’ll find answers to questions such as, “What is a biosimilar?” “How do biosimilars get approved?” “Biosimilars vs. generic drugs,” as well as the meaning and relevance of terms like “extrapolation,” and “interchangeability” as they relate to the use of biosimilars.

You’ll also find information about the landscape of biosimilars in the U.S. and globally, as well as the cost of biosimilars, both on the individual level and on the healthcare industry as a whole. 

Don’t miss our comprehensive list of questions that can be used to guide your conversations with your health care team.

The information in these guidelines should never replace the information and advice from your treating physician. They are meant to inform the discussion that you have with health care professionals, as well as others who play a role in your care and well-being.

The Global Healthy Living Foundation (GHLF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Upper Nyack, New York. GHLF advocates for improved access to health care at the community, state, and federal levels, amplifying education and awareness efforts within its social media framework. Central to this advocacy are GHLF’s commitment to educate about the importance of diagnosis, early and innovative medical intervention, and long-term lifestyle improvement with the goal of improved health outcomes. GHLF is also a staunch advocate for vaccines. 

GHLF is the parent organization of CreakyJoints® (CreakyJoints.org), the digital community for millions of arthritis patients and caregivers worldwide who seek education, support, activism, and patient-centered research through our ArthritisPower® (ArthritisPower.org) Research Registry. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, GHLF started a COVID-19 Patient Support Program, informed by a patient council made up of people living with a wide range of chronic illnesses, that now serves more than 40,000 people. Via CreakyJoints, GHLF also offers PainSpot (PainSpot.org), a digital risk assessment tool for musculoskeletal conditions, and eRheum (eRheum.org), for telehealth support. GHLF provides personalized opportunities to patients via its 50-State Network to advocate for important state and national health care policies that directly impact their access to care. 

This Patient Guide to Biosimilars was made possible through the support of Amgen Inc.

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About the Editors

Dr. Theodore Fields

Theodore Fields, MD, FACP, is an Attending Rheumatologist at Hospital for Special Surgery and Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. He is the rheumatology medical editor of www.hss.edu, the HSS website providing comprehensive education on musculoskeletal disease treatment and prevention for physicians and patients. He is the Clinical Director of the Early Arthritis Initiative at HSS, which focuses on education of patients and physicians about early intervention in inflammatory arthritis. His special clinical interests are rheumatoid arthritis and gout. His most recent publications have focused on clinical aspects of gout and on improving education for patients with gout.

Willa Bryer-Douglas

Willa Bryer-Douglas was diagnosed with gout in 2013. Since then, she has researched the condition thoroughly on credited sources like PubMed or major hospital and medical school websites. She is a member of our CreakyJoints Gout Patient Council and hopes that these patient guidelines can help others living with gout control their disease.

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