Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion
Dr. Colm Henry:
We have moved to a lot these recently and we have substituted expensive biolsimilar, expensive medications. We have moved towards a biosimilar use of 80% now, and that is a saving of €80 million. Based on the European Medicines Agency, EMA's, recommendations, we can make that 100%. There are a lot of savings to be made in this area and we are working with clinicians to convert from expensive medications to equally effective and safe biosimilar medications.
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