ASBM Letter to Congress Defends Interchangeability Standard

September 27, 2023

In a letter to Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) dated September 27th, ASBM urged the Senator to reconsider his support for S.6 “The Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act”, which would prevent the HHS Secretary from requiring switching studies in order for a biosimilar to be deemed “interchangeable”. Under U.S. state law, only interchangeable biosimilars are substitutable at the […]

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July 2023 Newsletter

September 12, 2023

ASBM & GaBI Webinar on Medicare Price Negotiation Examines Impact on Innovation, Patient AccessOn July 26th, ASBM and the Generics and Biosimilars Initiative (GaBI) hosted a webinar entitled MEDICARE DRUG PRICE NEGOTIATIONS: Impact on Healthcare Development and Patient Access to Medicines. The webinar focused on the IRA’s price negotiation provisions, which grant new authority to the […]

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Medicare Price “Negotiations” Will Jeopardize Patient Access to New Medicines, Result in Worse Health Outcomes

September 11, 2023

September 11, 2023 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the first 10 drugs selected under its Medicare drug price “negotiation” plan, authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) signed in to law last year. Over the next 4 years, Medicare will set prices for up to 60 drugs covered under Medicare […]

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ASBM Experts Discuss Interchangeable Biosimilars on AI Arthritis Podcast

September 6, 2023

On September 6th, AI Arthritis released Episode 88 of its AI Arthritis 360 Talk Show, in which ASBM representatives discuss potential policy changes regarding interchangeable biosimilars and how they may undermine the patient protections currently in place. Joining AI Arthritis Executive Director and host Tiffany Westrich-Robertson were ASBM Executive Director Michael Reilly, ASBM Chairman Ralph McKibbin MD […]

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