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Brand or pharmaceutical item that is biosimilar or bioequivalent to listed item is taken to have the same drug
 (9) If:
 (a) a listed brand of a pharmaceutical item (the listed brand) has a drug; and
 (b) another brand of the pharmaceutical item, or a brand of another pharmaceutical item, is biosimilar or bioequivalent to the listed brand;
then, for the purposes of this Part, the other brand or pharmaceutical item is taken to have the same drug as the listed brand.
 (10) Subsection (9) does not affect the separate declarations of the following drugs made under subsection (2) before the commencement of this subsection:
 (a) epoetin lambda;
 (b) epoetin alfa.