|Videos|October 25, 2017

What Economic Impact will Biosimilars Have in Health Care?

Grant Knowles, PharmD, vice president, Business Development, Ardon Health, discusses the potential impact biosimilars will have in health care.

Knowles: I think any time you introduce competition into an environment, there's a lot of opportunities for economic gains--they can be positive, they can be negative. I think it will be interested to watch to see as biosimilars are launched and see the traction with health plans and pharmacies.

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