Inside Health Policy: Stakeholders Debate Biologic Product Drift’s Impact On Biosimilars

October 25, 2012

One biosimilar developer is pushing FDA to address how changes to innovator biologics over time could affect biosimilar products that reference them, advocating for the agency to use comparability standards as a basis for determining biosimilarity, allow biosimilar determinations based only on one version of an innovator product if drift occurs and investigate ways to […]

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Inside Health Policy: Stakeholders Debate Biologic Product Drift’s Impact On Biosimilars

October 25, 2012

One biosimilar developer is pushing FDA to address how changes to innovator biologics over time could affect biosimilar products that reference them, advocating for the agency to use comparability standards as a basis for determining biosimilarity, allow biosimilar determinations based only on one version of an innovator product if drift occurs and investigate ways to […]

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Pharma Times: Physicians concerned at biosimilar “confusion,” study shows

September 18, 2012

86% of physicians responding to a new US survey say they want to be notified before a patient is switched to a different biologic product than the one prescribed, even if there are no known concerns associated with it. And 85% of physicians responding to the poll said that they want to have the authority […]

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Pharma Times: Physicians concerned at biosimilar “confusion,” study shows

September 18, 2012

86% of physicians responding to a new US survey say they want to be notified before a patient is switched to a different biologic product than the one prescribed, even if there are no known concerns associated with it. And 85% of physicians responding to the poll said that they want to have the authority […]

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Bloomberg/BNA: Biologics, Biosimilars Should Have Unique Names to Ensure Safety, Group Says

September 18, 2012

All biologic drugs, including biosimilars, should be required to have unique names to ensure their safety, the Alliance for Safe Biologic Medicines (ASBM) said Sept. 13. ASBM released a survey examining physician practices and perspectives with regard to biosimilar medicine identification and substitution. ASBM said these policy issues remain unresolved and will have “a fundamental […]

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Bloomberg/BNA: Biologics, Biosimilars Should Have Unique Names to Ensure Safety, Group Says

September 18, 2012

All biologic drugs, including biosimilars, should be required to have unique names to ensure their safety, the Alliance for Safe Biologic Medicines (ASBM) said Sept. 13. ASBM released a survey examining physician practices and perspectives with regard to biosimilar medicine identification and substitution. ASBM said these policy issues remain unresolved and will have “a fundamental […]

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New ASBM Survey Reveals Key Safety Concern Associated with Biosimilar Naming

September 13, 2012

The Alliance for Safe Biologics released a new survey examining physician practices and perspectives with regard to biosimilar medicine identification and substitution – policy issues that remain unresolved and will have a fundamental impact on patient safety. Over 350 endocrinologists, dermatologists, oncologists, rheumatologists, nephrologists and neurologists – all specialties that prescribe biologics – responded to […]

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ASBM Quoted in FDA Week Story on Naming

September 7, 2012

ASBM Executive Director Michael Reilly was quoted in the FDA Week story Stakeholders Draw Biosimilar Naming Insight From Biologic Approval. Read the article.

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Dr. Dolinar Presents at Florida Association of Health Plans

September 6, 2012

On September 6, Dr. Dolinar presented an overview of biologics and biosimilars at the Florida Association of Health Plans Annual Conference. View his FAHP Presentation

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ASBM to Host Roundtables on Physician Notification

July 24, 2012

The Alliance for Safe Biologic Medicines (ASBM) will host a series of roundtables beginning in September to seek input from the patient, physician and pharmacist communities on the issue of physician notification for biosimilars. The roundtables seek to build on the May 24th ASBM Advisory Board physician notification working group meeting led by Chairman Richard […]

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