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ASBM Presents to Nashville Pharmacy Students, Healthcare Practitioners

May 20, 2016

On Wednesday, June 15th, ASBM presented a one-hour educational program entitled “Biosimilars: New Choices, New Challenges” at TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Tristar Centennial educates pharmacy students from Belmont University, Lipscomb University, Murray State University, and the University of Tennessee, and the audience was comprised of 20 pharmacy students from these schools as well as nurse-practitioners […]

ASBM Presents at Ohio State University Medical Center

May 12, 2016

On May 10th, ASBM cohosted an educational briefing on biosimilars with the Ohio State University College of Medicine at the University’s Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, OH. The audience was comprised of a broad cross section of stakeholders including patient advocates, physicians, pharmacists, representatives from the Ohio Pharmacy Association, The Ohio Nurses Association, a State Representative, medical […]

70 Stakeholder Groups Call on the FDA, Urging Distinguishable, Meaningful Suffixes for Biosimilars

May 11, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC—In a letter to the FDA this week, a 70-group coalition of healthcare stakeholders including patient and provider organizations and others urged the use of distinguishable, meaningful suffixes for biosimilars. The letter to Leah Christl, Ph.D., FDA’s associate director for therapeutic biologics, comes on the heels of FDA’s departure from a meaningful to random […]

70 Stakeholder Groups Call on the FDA, Urging Distinguishable, Meaningful Suffixes for Biosimilars

May 11, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC—In a letter to the FDA this week, a 70-group coalition of healthcare stakeholders including patient and provider organizations and others urged the use of distinguishable, meaningful suffixes for biosimilars. The letter to Leah Christl, Ph.D., FDA’s associate director for therapeutic biologics, comes on the heels of FDA’s departure from a meaningful to random […]

ASBM Presents at 62nd WHO INN Meeting

April 15, 2016

On April 12th, in Geneva, Switzerland, ASBM President Doug Badger and Advisory Board Chair Philip Schneider, MS, FASHP presented to the World Health Organization as part of its 62nd International Nonproprietary Name (INN) Consultation.

ASBM Presents at 62nd WHO INN Meeting

April 15, 2016

On April 12th, in Geneva, Switzerland, ASBM President Doug Badger and Advisory Board Chair Philip Schneider, MS, FASHP presented to the World Health Organization as part of its 62nd International Nonproprietary Name (INN) Consultation.

ASBM Presents at PANLAR Conference

April 14, 2016

On April 13th, ASBM Chairman and pediatric rheumatologist Harry L. Gewanter presented to the XIX PANLAR Conference in Panama City, Panama, presented by the Pan American League of Associations for Rheumatology. More than 1000 physicians attended the conference representing countries in Latin America, South America, and the Caribbean. Dr. Gewanter shared data from ASBM’s global […]

ASBM Presents at PANLAR Conference

April 14, 2016

On April 13th, ASBM Chairman and pediatric rheumatologist Harry L. Gewanter presented to the XIX PANLAR Conference in Panama City, Panama, presented by the Pan American League of Associations for Rheumatology. More than 1000 physicians attended the conference representing countries in Latin America, South America, and the Caribbean. Dr. Gewanter shared data from ASBM’s global […]

FDA Approves Second Biosimilar

April 6, 2016

On April 5th, the FDA approved Inflectra (infliximab-dyyb), making it the second biosimilar approved for sale in the U.S. Notably, Inflectra was approved for all the indications of its reference product for which it applied, including Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS), and IBD indications such as Ulecerative Colitis (UC) and Crohn’s Disease (CD). Inflectra […]

ASBM Presents to Rhode Island Pharmacists

April 1, 2016

On March 31st, the Alliance for Safe Biologic Medicines (ASBM) gave an educational presentation on biologics and biosimilars for 150 pharmacists attending the 31st annual Seminar by the Sea conference, held by the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy.