BIO Principles on Patient Safety in the Substitution of Biologic Products
October 29, 2012
In August, BIO released Principles on Substitution for Biologic Products. Read the Principles here.
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ASBM Statement on Automatic Substitution
October 26, 2012
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama in March 2010, contained a provision establishing an abbreviated pathway for the approval of biosimilars (also referred to as followon biologics, or subsequent entry biologics) in the U.S. In February 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
