German medics say they are not under pressure to switch patients on Remicade to infliximab biosimilars

18 September 2015

The majority of German patients receiving an infliximab biosimilar were biologic-naive and would have received Merck & Co’s Remicade (infliximab) or another biologic if they had not received a biosimilar, according to surveyed German rheumatologists and gastroenterologists.

According to a new report from Decision Resources, at three months post launch of infliximab biosimilars (Inflectra, from Hospira and Remsima, from CellTrion), less than one-quarter of respondents had experienced any pressure from health care authorities to switch patients currently treated with Remicade to receive an infliximab biosimilar.

Other key findings from the biosimilars report, titled LaunchTrends: Inflectra/Remsima (Germany), are:

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