Non-Medical Switching: What do Physicians and Patients Think?

October 5, 2018

Three physicians and two patient advocates discuss their concerns with the non-medical switching of biologic medicines by third parties such as insurers or pharmacy-benefit managers (PBMs). ASBM’s Chair, Madelaine Feldman, MD FACR is joined by ASBM’s Immediate Past Chair, Harry Gewanter, MD MACR; and ASBM’s Founding Chair, Richard Dolinar, MD; to discuss physician perspectives on NMS. The patient […]

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Non-Medical Switching: What do Physicians and Patients Think?

October 5, 2018

Three physicians and two patient advocates discuss their concerns with the non-medical switching of biologic medicines by third parties such as insurers or pharmacy-benefit managers (PBMs). ASBM’s Chair, Madelaine Feldman, MD FACR is joined by ASBM’s Immediate Past Chair, Harry Gewanter, MD MACR; and ASBM’s Founding Chair, Richard Dolinar, MD; to discuss physician perspectives on NMS. The patient […]

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VIDEO: Canadian Physicians on Non-Medical Switching, Biosimilar Naming

December 7, 2017

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VIDEO: Canadian Physicians on Non-Medical Switching, Biosimilar Naming

December 7, 2017

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VIDEO: Pharmacists and Biosimilars

May 4, 2017

In this video, ASBM’s Advisory Board Chairman Philip Schneider, Associate Dean of the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy; and Advisory Board Member Ronald Jordan, Dean of the Chapman University School of Pharmacy discuss the role of pharmacists with respect to biosimilars.    

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VIDEO: Autoimmune Patient Discusses Concerns with Non-Medical Switching

July 8, 2016

In this video, patient advocate Kathleen Arntsen, President and CEO of the Lupus and Allied Diseases Association (LADA) and an autoimmune patient herself, discusses the power of advocacy and her concerns with Non-Medical Switching (NMS). NMS is the switching of a patient from one treatment to another, typically by a third party such as a Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) […]

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VIDEO: Autoimmune Patient Discusses Concerns with Non-Medical Switching

July 8, 2016

In this video, patient advocate Kathleen Arntsen, President and CEO of the Lupus and Allied Diseases Association (LADA) and an autoimmune patient herself, discusses the power of advocacy and her concerns with Non-Medical Switching (NMS). NMS is the switching of a patient from one treatment to another, typically by a third party such as a Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) […]

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