Note that this post follows on from the a previous blog post which can be found here: https://joelvsarthritis.co.uk/2019/11/15/back-to-the-future-humira-has-arrived/ It’s now been 9 days since I injected Humira again since the switch back. It’s not been the most straight forward introduction as those of you who follow this blog regularly will know, I’ve had a chest…
Tag: Biologics/Biosimilars
Back to the future – Humira has arrived!
So today is a big day for me. After 11 months of fighting the reversal of the decision to switch me from Humira to the cheaper Biosimilar Imraldi, which subsequently resulted in one of the biggest flares I’ve had in recent years, the switch back to Humira is finally here! I will be writing in…
The dangers of mass drug brand switches
So this is a subject that you no doubt will see featured heavily on this site, as after all, it was my forced switch from Humira to Imraldi and the months of poor health that followed, that inspired me to start this blog – see blog post ‘The inception’ (https://joelvsarthritis.co.uk/2019/11/07/example-post/). I came across this article…
NHS Biologic switch articles
Some people have asked me for links to or further reading on the original decision and announcement by the NHS to move to biosimilars at the end of biologics patents in 2018. Below are a couple of high level ones that came out at the time of the announcement. Note the very short timescale between…