October 20, 2022
In October, Amgen released its full 2022 Biosimilar Trends Report. The report’s findings had been previewed earlier this year by Amgen’s Global Biosimilars Commercial Lead, Chad Pettit at a June 29th webinar hosted by ASBM and GaBI Journal. View the webinar “Key Factors for Successful Uptake of Biosimilar Markets” here. Read GaBI Journal’s Meeting Report here. The full report […]
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 13, 2022
World Sight Day is observed worldwide every year on the second Thursday of October. This World Health Organization-designated day falls on 13 October this year. The purpose of World Sight Day is to increase public awareness about blindness, vision impairment, vision care, and ocular issues. The WHO estimates that 1 billion people worldwide suffer from […]
October 10, 2022
As reported in Generics Bulletin October 10th, Dr. Sarah McMullen, India country director for the US Food and Drug Administration underscored that there’s no real distinction in the standards to determine the safety or efficacy for both biosimilars and interchangeable biosimilars, and put forth a “fact check” to dispel the general notion among patients that interchangeables are […]
October 6, 2022
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY“‘ POLICY STATEMENT The Use of Biosimilars in Ophthalmic Practice Background Congress, through the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCI Act) of 2009, created an abbreviated approval pathway for biological products that are demonstrated to be biosimilar to or interchangeable with a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved biological product.1 […]
October 6, 2022
On October 4-5, 2022 ASBM Advisory Board Chair Philip Schneider participated in the World Drug Safety Congress Americas 2022, held in Boston, MA. The annual pharmacovigilance (PV) conference bills itself as “the largest commercial gathering of PV professionals in the world. During the two-day conference, Prof. Schneider chaired both the Global PV Track and Advanced Therapies […]
September 4, 2022
In August, ASBM recorded two new entries in its ongoing continuing education (CE) series in partnership with the Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. These represent part 4 and 6 of the 7-part series covering a wide range of biosimilar policy issues. View the previous three entries here. Module 4: Physician Perspectives on Biosimilars In this module, […]
August 8, 2022
REGISTRATION OPEN: July 20th ASBM/GaBI Webinar on Non-Medical Switching On July 20th, ASBM and the Generics and Biosimilar Initiative (GaBI) will co-host the second in a series of webinars about key biosimilar policy issues. The webinar is entitled “Non-Medical Switching of Biologicals/Biosimilars: Canada, Europe and the US: Overview of Non-Medical Switching Practices of Biologicals/Biosimilars in Different Regions […]
July 5, 2022
On July 20th, 2022 ASBM and the Generics and Biosimilars Initiative (GaBI) hosted a 2-hour webinar entitled “Non-Medical Switching of Biologicals and Biosimilars: Canada, Europe, and the US” The event offered an overview of non-medical switching practices in different regions and focused on the importance of safeguarding the patient-physician relationship. Watch the webinar here. Academic […]
June 24, 2022
On June 20th, ASBM Chairman Ralph McKibbin, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF presented a poster at the DIA Global Annual Meeting 2022 in Chicago, IL. The poster was entitled “U.S. Physician Perspectives on Biosimilar Substitution and Reimbursement Practices” and featured results from ASBM’s 2021 survey of 401 U.S. physicians. Among its key findings: Nearly all physicians surveyed expressed […]
