June 4, 2016
ASBM Presents to New York State Pharmacy Society On June 3rd, ASBM’s Advisory Board Chair Dr. Philip Schneider, Associate Dean at the University of Arizona’s College of Pharmacy, presented to the Pharmacy Society of the State of New York (PSSNY) at a forum held at the Albany College of Pharmacy. Dr. Schneider discussed how biologics […]
June 4, 2016
ASBM Presents to New York State Pharmacy Society On June 3rd, ASBM’s Advisory Board Chair Dr. Philip Schneider, Associate Dean at the University of Arizona’s College of Pharmacy, presented to the Pharmacy Society of the State of New York (PSSNY) at a forum held at the Albany College of Pharmacy. Dr. Schneider discussed how biologics […]
May 26, 2016
by Kenneth Fisher, MD Nephrologist, ASBM Advisory Board Member Biologic medicines are one of the most powerful tools physicians have to treat patients with serious conditions like cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, hepatitis, and multiple sclerosis. Copies of these therapies, called biosimilars, are becoming available in the U.S., and offer patients new treatment options, potentially at […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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.
