October 18, 2022
On October 18th, ASBM participated in the World Health Organization’s 75th Consultation on International Non-proprietary Names (INN) for Pharmaceutical Substances, held in Geneva, Switzerland. This was the nineteenth INN Consultation in which ASBM has participated. ASBM was represented by Executive Director Michael Reilly, Esq., and Advisory Board Chair Philip Schneider, MS, FASHP. The proceedings at […]
October 13, 2022
World Sight Day is observed worldwide every year on the second Thursday of October. This World Health Organization-designated day falls on 13 October this year. The purpose of World Sight Day is to increase public awareness about blindness, vision impairment, vision care, and ocular issues. The WHO estimates that 1 billion people worldwide suffer from […]
October 13, 2022
World Sight Day is observed worldwide every year on the second Thursday of October. This World Health Organization-designated day falls on 13 October this year. The purpose of World Sight Day is to increase public awareness about blindness, vision impairment, vision care, and ocular issues. The WHO estimates that 1 billion people worldwide suffer from […]
October 12, 2022
On October 12, ASBM Immediate Past Chair Madelaine Feldman, MD, FACR participated in a forum held by STAT, entitled “Biosimilars’ Meteoric Moment”. The forum focused on the long-awaited arrival of multiple adalimumab biosimilars in 2023 and asked experts from a variety of fields to speculate on what 2023 holds for the biosimilars market. Speakers included: Madelaine A. […]
October 10, 2022
As reported in Generics Bulletin October 10th, Dr. Sarah McMullen, India country director for the US Food and Drug Administration underscored that there’s no real distinction in the standards to determine the safety or efficacy for both biosimilars and interchangeable biosimilars, and put forth a “fact check” to dispel the general notion among patients that interchangeables are […]
October 10, 2022
As reported in Generics Bulletin October 10th, Dr. Sarah McMullen, India country director for the US Food and Drug Administration underscored that there’s no real distinction in the standards to determine the safety or efficacy for both biosimilars and interchangeable biosimilars, and put forth a “fact check” to dispel the general notion among patients that interchangeables are […]
October 6, 2022
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY“‘ POLICY STATEMENT The Use of Biosimilars in Ophthalmic Practice Background Congress, through the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCI Act) of 2009, created an abbreviated approval pathway for biological products that are demonstrated to be biosimilar to or interchangeable with a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved biological product.1 […]
October 6, 2022
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY“‘ POLICY STATEMENT The Use of Biosimilars in Ophthalmic Practice Background Congress, through the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCI Act) of 2009, created an abbreviated approval pathway for biological products that are demonstrated to be biosimilar to or interchangeable with a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved biological product.1 […]
October 6, 2022
On October 4-5, 2022 ASBM Advisory Board Chair Philip Schneider participated in the World Drug Safety Congress Americas 2022, held in Boston, MA. The annual pharmacovigilance (PV) conference bills itself as “the largest commercial gathering of PV professionals in the world. During the two-day conference, Prof. Schneider chaired both the Global PV Track and Advanced Therapies […]
October 6, 2022
On October 4-5, 2022 ASBM Advisory Board Chair Philip Schneider participated in the World Drug Safety Congress Americas 2022, held in Boston, MA. The annual pharmacovigilance (PV) conference bills itself as “the largest commercial gathering of PV professionals in the world. During the two-day conference, Prof. Schneider chaired both the Global PV Track and Advanced Therapies […]
