Ronald S. Go, MD

Previous studies have found modest uptake of biosimilars in both commercial and Medicare populations. This study finds that the uptake varies between the rural and urban provider settings.

With the rapid decline in average sales price of reference pegfilgrastim products due to biosimilar competition, health care institutions and payers may grapple with coverage of Neulasta Onpro.

Although previous work has found lower costs for biosimilar filgrastim compared with reference filgrastim, this study found that site of care can change this calculus, reducing savings.