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. 2019 Mar 6;4(2):e000460. doi: 10.1136/esmoopen-2018-000460

Table 2.

Prescribers’ responses rating their concern of potential consequences when switching a patient’s treatment from a reference biologic to a biosimilar or vice versa

Potential consequence (weighted average) All Europe Asia-Pacific
Potential loss of clinical efficacy 3.29 3.23 3.30
Potential for adverse events 3.35 3.32 3.35
Potential for increased risk of immune reactions 3.35 3.39 3.17

Weighted average of prescribers’ responses, by region, on a scale of 1 (not at all) to 5 (very).