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Report: Canada’s Pharmaceutical Pricing Reforms Creating Negative Impacts for Patients

August 30, 2020

A sweeping and controversial reform of Canada’s 30-year old regime overseeing patented medicine prices is already creating negative impacts in the life sciences sector and reducing patients’ access to medicines, according to a new report from Innovative Medicines Canada and Life Sciences Ontario. The regulations, drafted by Canada’s Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) were published […]

Two New Biosimilars Launch in Canada

August 30, 2020

The month of August saw two new biosimilars launch in Canada: The first, Ziextenzo, is a biosimilar pegfilgrastim- a long-acting form of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (r-metHuG-CSF), or filgrastim. It is was approved April 21st of this year by Health Canada to decrease the incidence of infection, as manifested by febrile neutropenia, in patients […]

GaBI Publishes ASBM Whitepaper on European Physician Survey

August 30, 2020

On August 28th, the Journal of the Generics and Biosimilars Initiative (GaBI Journal) published a whitepaper entitled “European prescribers’ attitudes and beliefs on biologicals prescribing and automatic substitution”. The paper explores in detail the findings of ASBM’s survey of 579 prescribers of biologic medicines from 10 practice areas in 6 Western European countries. Topics examined include […]

ASBM Comments Cited in Decision to Remove Biologic Medicines from NIOSH Hazardous Drugs List

August 10, 2020

On July 30th, ASBM submitted comments on the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s (NIOSH’s) proposed Hazardous Drugs List additions for 2020. (The original due date for comments had been June 30th, but the comment period was extended to July 30th.) When the comment period was initially announced, several biologic medicines had been proposed- […]

June 2020 Newsletter

July 1, 2020

Comment Period on NIOSH Hazardous Drugs List Extended to July 30th The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has extended the comment period regarding its proposed Hazardous Drugs List additions for 2020. The comments on the proposed list are now due July 30th. Several biologic medicines have been proposed- in ASBM’s view inappropriately- […]

ASBM Exhibits at Three Virtual Conferences in June

June 15, 2020

During the month of June, ASBM will be participating in three virtual conferences. We encourage all our members to visit the websites of these virtual conferences. EULAR E-Congress (From June 3) ASBM will present a poster abstract entitled “European Prescribers’ Perspectives on Biosimilars”. Data is drawn from ASBM’s 2019 survey of Rheumatologists in France, Germany, Italy, […]

April-May 2020 Newsletter

May 30, 2020

newsletter | April-May 2020 issue 88 Who We Are The Alliance for Safe Biologic Medicines is an organization composed of patients, physicians, pharmacists, biotechnology companies that develop innovative and biosimilar medicines, and others who are working together to ensure that patient safety is at the forefront of the biosimilars policy discussion. […]

ASBM Surveys of Physician Perspectives on Biosimilars Included in Systemic Review

May 13, 2020

On May 5th, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) published a review of numerous surveys and studies examining physician attitudes toward biosimilars, entitled “Physicians’ perceptions of the uptake of biosimilars: a systematic review” Of 331 unique studies examined, only 23 met the quality assessment of two independent researchers for inclusion. Among these were several physician surveys conducted by ASBM. Most of the selected studies […]

March 2020 Newsletter

May 12, 2020

ASBM Whitepaper: Lessons from European Biosimilar Markets On March 25th, the Journal of the Generics and Biosimilars Initiative (GaBI Journal) published a whitepaper entitled Policy recommendations for a sustainable biosimilars market: lessons from Europe. The paper was authored by ASBM Executive Director Michael Reilly and Advisory Board Chair Philip Schneider. The biosimilar market in Europe is the […]

Gastroenterologists: More Evidence Needed Before Non-Medical Switching of IBD Patients

May 5, 2020

On April 27th, the journal Digesitve Diseases and Sciences published a editorial by Frank I. Scott, MD entitled “Infliximab Versus Biosimilars for IBD: Is It Better to Fight Than Switch?. Dr. Scott heads the Crohn’s and Colitis Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, at the University of Colorado. In the editorial, Dr. Scott discusses a study appearing in the April issue […]