November 17, 2022
ASBM Presents at WHO 75th INN Consultation On October 18th, ASBM participated in the World Health Organization’s 75th Consultation on International Non-proprietary Names (INN) for Pharmaceutical Substances, held in Geneva, Switzerland. This was the nineteenth INN Consultation in which ASBM has participated. ASBM was represented by Executive Director Michael Reilly, Esq., and Advisory Board […]
November 10, 2022
In November, ASBM Chairman Ralph McKibbin, MD FACP FACG AGAF was named to the American College of Gastroenterology’s (ACG’s) Board of Governors. From ACG’s announcement: Dr. Ralph D McKibbin has been selected to serve as a Governor of the American College of Gastroenterology. He will represent the members of Western Pennsylvania. The Board of Governors […]
November 8, 2022
From November 2nd-4th, ASBM representatives participated in the Festival of Biologics 2022 Europe, held in Basel, Switzerland. ASBM Advisory Board Chair Philip Schneider, MS, FASHP, FFIP gave a presentation entitled “Key Factors for Improving Sustainability in Biosimilar Markets”. The presentation reflected the findings from a recent webinar ASBM held on this subject with GaBI Journal. Among the factors […]
November 8, 2022
From November 2nd-4th, ASBM representatives participated in the Festival of Biologics 2022 Europe, held in Basel, Switzerland. ASBM Advisory Board Chair Philip Schneider, MS, FASHP, FFIP gave a presentation entitled “Key Factors for Improving Sustainability in Biosimilar Markets”. The presentation reflected the findings from a recent webinar ASBM held on this subject with GaBI Journal. Among the factors […]
November 3, 2022
On November 3rd, ASBM submitted comments to the Minnesota Department of Commerce on two mandated health benefit bills, as part of a public comment period. The first proposal was SF 990, mandating coverage of multiple biologic products, which ASBM opposed. ASBM had previously led patient advocacy organization opposition to the measure last summer. From the comment letter: […]
November 1, 2022
In October, ASBM recorded the latest entry in its ongoing continuing education (CE) series in partnership with the Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. This course module, entitled “Patient Perspectives on Biosimilars”, represents part 6 of the 7-part series covering a wide range of biosimilar policy issues. In this module, participants will hear different perspectives from the […]
October 25, 2022
ASBM’s recent survey of 401 U.S. physicians was featured in the October issue of the journal Oncology Practice Management. The article discussed a poster presentation given by ASBM Chairman Ralph McKibbin, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF at the Drug Information Association Global Annual Meeting (DIA 2022) on June 20th, in Chicago, IL. View the poster here. The survey findings consistently […]
October 24, 2022
EMA & HMA Declare All Biosimilars “Interchangeable”In a joint statement dated September 19th, 2022, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the Heads of Medicines Agencies declared that all biosimilars approved in the European Union are interchangeable with their reference medicines. According to the statement, “interchangeable” means “the biosimilar can be used instead of its reference product (or vice versa) or one biosimilar can […]
October 19, 2022
On October 19th, ASBM Advisory Board Chair Philip Schneider participated in the 7th Annual National Policy & Advocacy Summit on Biologics, The event was hosted in Washington, DC by the Biologics Prescribers Collaborative and was also streamed online. Professor Schneider appeared on the opening panel discussion entitled “The Emerging Biologics Landscape”, which also featured Chad Pettit, Executive Director […]
October 18, 2022
On October 18th, ASBM participated in the World Health Organization’s 75th Consultation on International Non-proprietary Names (INN) for Pharmaceutical Substances, held in Geneva, Switzerland. This was the nineteenth INN Consultation in which ASBM has participated. ASBM was represented by Executive Director Michael Reilly, Esq., and Advisory Board Chair Philip Schneider, MS, FASHP. The proceedings at […]
