Opinion Editorial

Physicians, not policies, should determine appropriate patient care May 2023

Physicians, not policies, should determine appropriate patient care – Everything Zoomer The article brings attention to the introduction of ophthalmic biosimilars in Canada which marks an important change in policy whereby governments are dictating non-medical mandatory switching (NMS) from the reference biologic to the biosimilar, resulting in a significant and direct impact on patient care. Physicians, patients, medical societies, and patient organizations alike have formally and informally registered their concern that forced switching will negatively affect patient care and, in the case of ophthalmology, may result in vision changes