Introduction: The US Food and Drug Association (FDA) released its requirements for the non-proprietary naming of biological products in January 2017. Before the FDA’s release, the Alliance for Safe Biologic Medicines (ASBM) asked physicians for their views on the labelling and naming of biosimilar medicines. Study objectives: To determine the opinions of physicians who prescribe…

Author(s): Harry L Gewanter, MD, FAAP, FACR, Michael S Reilly, Esq

ASBM, biosimilar, interchangeability, labelling, legislation, naming

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2017.0601.003

Study objectives: In Latin America, many governments have attempted to address biosimilar safety and efficacy concerns by developing abbreviated regulatory pathways to increase access while controlling quality. This study explores discount and evidence requirements for payers and physicians to provide access to and prescribe biosimilars in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Methods: We conducted targeted literature…

Author(s): André Vidal Pinheiro, PhD, Associate Professor Valderilio Feijó Azevedo, MD, PhD, MSc, Daniele Severi Bruni, MPhil, Ronald Halbert, MD, MPH, Erik Sandorff, MA, MBA

biosimilar pharmaceuticals, discounts, drug industry, Latin America, prescribing

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2015.0401.005

  Abstract: The number of drug shortages in the US has tripled between 2006 and 2012, with drug shortages now affecting most US oncologists and impacting on patient care. There is a need for new guidelines to control drug substitutions and to single out priority populations for relatively scarce drugs. The very real threat of…

Author(s): GaBI Journal Editor

5FU, clinical trials, drug shortages, legislation, oncologists

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2014.0301.002

Author byline as per print journal: Jon SB de Vlieger1, PhD; Professor Daan JA Crommelin2, PhD; Beat Flühmann3, PhD; Professor Imre Klebovich4, PharmD, PhD, DSc; Professor Stefan Mühlebach3,5, PhD; Vinod P Shah6, PhD Abstract: The 3rd International Symposium on Scientific and Regulatory Advances in Biological and Non-Biological Complex Drugs: A to Z in Bioequivalence (3rd…

Author(s): Beat Flühmann, PhD, Daan JA Crommelin, Imre Klebovich, Jon SB de Vlieger, PhD, Professor Stefan Mühlebach, PhD, Vinod P Shah, PhD

biological medicinal products, equivalence, nanomedicines, NBCD similar approach, non-biological complex drug (NBCD)

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2019.0803.016

Abstract: Biological product quality is susceptible to unexpected manufacturing issues, and the resulting variation may impact the safety or efficacy of these medicines and increase risks to patients. These risks can be managed more effectively by manufacturers’ adoption of the culture and practices of high reliability organizations and by their sharing of quality risk management…

Author(s): Gustavo Grampp, PhD, Sundar Ramanan, PhD

biologicals, manufacturing, quality, safety

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2013.0204.049

Author byline as per print journal: Esteban Ortiz-Prado1, MD, MSc, MPH, PhD(c); Enrique Teran2, MD, PhD; Raul Patricio Fernandez Naranjo1, MSc; Doménica Cevallos-Robalino1, MD; Eduardo Vasconez1, MD; Alex Lister3, MPH At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ecuador was unprepared for the overwhelming number of COVID-19 cases. As the general population started to see the effects…

biosimilars, black market, COVID-19 pandemic, interleukins, tocilizumab

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2021.1004.023

Abstract: Dr Brian Godman and Professor Mohamed Azmi Hassali review Rida et al. regarding pricing strategies for pharmaceuticals in developing countries. Submitted: 15 March 2017; Revised: 22 March 2017; Accepted: 24 March 2017; Published online first: 6 April 2017 Rida and Ibrahim are to be congratulated on their extensive review of ongoing pricing strategies in…

Author(s): Brian Godman, BSc, PhD, Professor Mohamed Azmi Hassali, PhD

developing countries, generics, pharmaceutical pricing policy

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2017.0602.013

Introduction: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Overview Workshop on GMP for Biologicals and Biosimilars was co-organized with the Generics and Biosimilars Initiative (GaBI). This meeting was intended to improve the understanding of the good manufacture practice (GMP) inspection framework for biological (and biosimilar) drugs among ASEAN countries. Methods: The workshop was held on…

Author(s): Adjunct Associate Professor Sia Chong Hock, BSc (Pharm), MSc, Elwyn Griffiths, DSc, PhD

ASEAN, biologicals, biosimilars, GMP

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2019.0803.015

Author byline as per print journal: Federico J Piñeiro, Pharm, MPH; Fernández Argüelles Rogelio Alberto, Pharm, PhD Introduction/Objective: To describe the chiral switch, an evergreening strategy used by AstraZeneca to position enantiopure esomeprazole as the new proton pump inhibitor market leader, displacing its predecessor omeprazole. Methodology: A four-stage systematic review which included: a preliminary review, bibliographic…

Author(s): Federico J Piñeiro, Pharm, MPH, Fernández Argüelles Rogelio Alberto, Pharm, PhD

AstraZeneca, Big Pharma, biosimilars, chiral switch, esomeprazol, generics

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2022.1102.011

Author byline as per print journal: Mohammad Bashaar, PhD; Professor Mohamed Azmi Hassali, PhD; Fahad Saleem, PhD Abstract: The soaring costs of medicine are a global dilemma. It was hoped that the concept of essential medicines would help countries and policymakers contain the climbing costs of medicine over the last 40 years. This concept was conceived to…

Author(s): Fahad Saleem, Mohammad Bashaar, Professor Mohamed Azmi Hassali, PhD

access barriers, affordability, essential medicines, medicine prices

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2017.0604.036

Abstract: Dr Brian Godman reviews Mr Gustaf Befrits’ paper on the case for biosimilars from a payer’s perspective. Biosimilars are increasingly important to payers with growing resource pressures. However, key issues need addressing to fully capture their benefits. Submitted: 17 January 2013; Revised: 4 February 2013; Accepted: 8 February 2013; Published online first: 11 March 2013 Gustaf Befrits has provided us with…

Author(s): Brian Godman, BSc, PhD

biosimilars, economics

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2013.0201.010

Author byline as per print journal: Hye-Na Kang1, PhD; Robin Thorpe2, PhD; Ivana Knezevic1, PhD; Daehyun Baek3, PhD; Parichard Chirachanakul4; Hui Ming Chua5; Dina Dalili6, PhD; Freddie Foo7, MSc; Kai Gao8, PhD; Suna Habahbeh9, PhD; Hugo Hamel10, PhD; Edwin Nkansah11, PhD; Maria Savkina12, PhD; Oleh Semeniuk13; Shraddha Srivastava14; João Tavares Neto15, PhD; Meenu Wadhwa16, PhD;…

approval, biosimilar, survey, World Health Organization (WHO)

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2021.1001.002