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Response to ‘‘To switch or not to switch’: the missing piece in the puzzle of biosimilar literature?’ by Scherlinger et al
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  1. Bente Glintborg1,2,
  2. Anne Gitte Loft3,4,
  3. Emina Omerovic5,
  4. Oliver Hendricks6,
  5. Asta Linauskas7,
  6. Jakob Espesen8,
  7. Kamilla Danebod2,
  8. Dorte Vendelbo Jensen2,
  9. Henrik Nordin9,
  10. Emil Barner Dalgaard10,
  11. Stavros Chrysidis11,
  12. Salome Kristensen12,
  13. Johnny Lillelund Raun13,
  14. Hanne Lindegaard14,
  15. Natalia Manilo15,
  16. Susanne Højmark Jakobsen16,
  17. Inger Marie Jensen Hansen16,
  18. Dorte Dalsgaard Pedersen17,
  19. Inge Juul Sørensen1,18,
  20. Lis Smedegaard Andersen19,
  21. Jolanta Grydehøj20,
  22. Frank Mehnert21,
  23. Niels Steen Krogh22,
  24. Merete Lund Hetland18
  1. 1 The DANBIO Registry and Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre of Head and Orthopaedics, Glostrup, Denmark
  2. 2 Department of Rheumatology, Gentofte and Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Gentofte, Denmark
  3. 3 Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
  4. 4 Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
  5. 5 Department of Rheumatology, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre of Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark
  6. 6 Kong Christian X’s Gigthospital, Gråsten, Denmark
  7. 7 Department of Rheumatology, North Denmark Regional Hospital, Hjørring, Denmark
  8. 8 Department of Rheumatology, Vejle Hospital, Vejle, Denmark
  9. 9 Department of Rheumatology, Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark
  10. 10 Department of Rheumatology, Silkeborg Hospital, Silkeborg, Denmark
  11. 11 Department of Rheumatology, Esbjerg Hospital, Esbjerg, Denmark
  12. 12 Department of Rheumatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
  13. 13 Department of Rheumatology, Sygehus Lillebælt, Kolding, Denmark
  14. 14 Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
  15. 15 Department of Rheumatology, Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
  16. 16 Department of Rheumatology, OUH, Svendborg Hospital, Svendborg, Denmark
  17. 17 Department of Rheumatology, Viborg Hospital, Viborg, Denmark
  18. 18 Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
  19. 19 Department of Internal Medicine, Rønne Hospital, Rønne, Denmark
  20. 20 Department of Rheumatology, Holstebro Hospital, Holstebro, Denmark
  21. 21 Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
  22. 22 ZiteLab, Copenhagen, Denmark
  1. Correspondence to Dr Bente Glintborg, The DANBIO Registry, Rigshospitalet, and Department of Rheumatology, Gentofte and Herlev University Hospital, Glostrup 2600, Denmark; glintborg{at}dadlnet.dk

https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214952

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