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Article History

Accepted: 5 July 2022

First Online: 26 July 2022

Declarations

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: No funding was received by the authors for writing this paper. Medical writing support was funded by Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.

: AB has served as a speaker for AbbVie, Leo, and UCB as well as a scientific adviser and/or clinical study investigator for AbbVie, Abcentra, Aligos, Almirall, Amgen, Arcutis, Arena, Aslan, Athenex, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Dermavant, EcoR1, Eli Lilly and Company, Evommune, Forte, Galderma, Incyte, Janssen, Landos, Leo, Novartis, Pfizer, Rapt, Regeneron, Sanofi Genzyme, Sun Pharma, UCB Pharma, Vibliome, and Xencor. SD has served as a speaker, consultant and an advisory board member for AbbVie, Allergan, Biogen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Celgene, Celltrion, Ferring, Hospira, Johnson & Johnson, Merck-Serono, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Takeda, Mundipharma, Pfizer, Sandoz, Tigenix, UCB Pharma, and Vifor. TKK has received fees for speaking from Amgen, Celltrion, Egis, Evapharma, Ewopharma, Hikma, Oktal, Sandoz, and Sanofi. He received consulting fees from AbbVie, Amgen, Biogen, Celltrion, Eli Lilly, Gilead, Janssen, Mylan, Novartis, Pfizer, Sandoz, and Sanofi. Research funding for Diakonhjemmet Hospital was provided from AbbVie, Amgen, BMS, MSD, Novartis, Pfizer, and UCB. HC is an employee of Sandoz Inc., a division of Novartis. He may own stock in Novartis. SH and WB are employees of Sandoz Biopharmaceuticals GmBH, a division of Novartis. They may own stock in Novartis. Sandoz manufactures and markets multiple biosimilars worldwide, including several discussed in this publication.

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: All publications included in this systematic review are available in the public domain.

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: HC, SH, and WB developed the concept for this publication and participated in the adjudication process for selection of studies included in this review. HC developed the initial outline and wrote portions of the manuscript. SH conducted the analysis of the case report that was identified. All authors participated in the editing of the manuscript and take responsibility for its contents.