CMS Releases Guidance Memo on Medicare Drug Price Negotiation; Allows Only 30 Days to Comment On March 15, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released an initial Guidance Memo regarding implementation of its Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) signed into law August 16, 2022. The IRA […]
ASBM and GaBI Spring Webinar Series to Examine Inflation Reduction Act In April and May, ASBM and the Generics and Biosimilars Initiative (GaBI) will host two new webinars examining the implications of the recently-passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The webinars will focus on the unintended consequences that may result from the implementation of IRA […]
ASBM’s Feldman and Reilly Present at Treatment Choice Summit On January 31st, ASBM’s Immediate Past Chair Madelaine Feldman, MD, FACR and Executive Director Michael Reilly participated in the 2023 Treatment Choice Summit, held in Washington, DC. Dr. Feldman moderated the first panel discussion, Patient and Provider Perspectives on the Impact of Treatment Choice. The purpose of […]
ASBM Adds Module on PBM Practices to OSU College of Pharmacy Biosimilars Course In December, ASBM recorded the seventh and final module in its biosimilar Continuing Education (CE) Course on Biosimilars, presented with the Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. The latest module is entitled “PBMs and Payer Practices” and is presented by ASBM’s […]
ASBM Presents at Festival of Biologics 2022 Europe From November 2nd-4th, ASBM representatives participated in the Festival of Biologics 2022 Europe, held in Basel, Switzerland. ASBM Advisory Board Chair Philip Schneider, MS, FASHP, FFIP gave a presentation entitled “Key Factors for Improving Sustainability in Biosimilar Markets”. The presentation reflected the findings from a recent webinar ASBM held […]
ASBM Presents at WHO 75th INN Consultation 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 […]
GaBI Publishes Summary of ASBM Webinar on Biosimilar Success Factors The Generics and Biosimilars Initiative (GaBI) has published a report on the first of two webinars the organization recently co-hosted with ASBM. The report summarizes the presentations from the June 29th webinar which examined “Key Factors for Successful Biosimilar Uptake in Europe, Canada and the US”. View the webinar here. The […]
ASBM Representatives Discuss Biosimilars on AI Arthritis Podcast On August 31st, several ASBM representatives joined Tiffany Westrich-Robertson, CEO of the International Foundation for Autoimmune & Autoinflammatory Diseases, to record an episode of the AI Arthritis Voices 360 podcast. The episode discussed examined policy issues surrounding biosimilars and how these affect patients. ASBM was represented in […]
REGISTRATION OPEN: July 20th ASBM/GaBI Webinar on Non-Medical Switching On July 20th, ASBM and the Generics and Biosimilar Initiative (GaBI) will co-host the second in a series of webinars about key biosimilar policy issues. The webinar is entitled “Non-Medical Switching of Biologicals/Biosimilars: Canada, Europe and the US: Overview of Non-Medical Switching Practices of Biologicals/Biosimilars in Different Regions […]
ASBM & GaBI Host Non-Medical Switching Webinar On July 20th, 2022 ASBM and the Generics and Biosimilars Initiative (GaBI) hosted a 2-hour webinar entitled “Non-Medical Switching of Biologicals and Biosimilars: Canada, Europe, and the US”. The two-hour event offered an overview of non-medical switching practices in different regions and focused on the importance of safeguarding the patient-physician relationship. […]
