On May 24th, ASBM presented at the World Biosimilars Congress USA 2018 in San Diego, CA. The theme of the two-day conference was “Helping the global industry bring biosimilars to the US” and it drew more than 100 attendees including representatives from the industry, health care professionals, and payers. ASBM Advisory Chair Philip Schneider gave a presentation […]
On May 1st, ASBM Executive Director, Michael Reilly, Esq. and Advisory Board Chair, Philip Schneider, MS, FASHP; presented before the 66th Consultation on International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for Pharmaceutical Substances in Geneva, Switzerland. This was the tenth INN Consultation at which ASBM has presented since 2013. While the discussions in the Open Session at which ASBM presented are […]
On May 15th, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its tenth biosimilar, Retacrit (epoetin alfa-epbx) as a biosimilar to Epogen/Procrit (epoetin alfa) for the treatment of anemia caused by chronic kidney disease, chemotherapy, or use of zidovudine in patients with HIV infection. Retacrit is also approved for use before and after surgery to reduce […]
