Articles

Published on 08 June 2016

2016/1 GaBI Journal Table of Contents

Contents Editor’s Letter Editor’s introduction to the initial issue of the fifth volume of GaBI Journal Letters to the Editor First biosimilar of infliximab approved in Brazil: response from the...

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Thank you to reviewers

Published on 30 May 2016

Thank you to reviewers 2015

The editors and publisher wish to express their gratitude to the colleagues listed below for their valuable contribution to the peer review process for the Generics and Biosimilars Initiative Journal (GaBI...

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Thank you to reviewers

Published on 30 May 2016

Thank you to reviewers 2014

The editors and publisher wish to express their gratitude to the colleagues listed below for their valuable contribution to the peer review process for the Generics and Biosimilars Initiative Journal...

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Thank you to reviewers

Published on 30 May 2016

Thank you to reviewers 2013

The editors and publisher wish to express their gratitude to the colleagues listed below for their valuable contribution to the peer review process for the Generics and Biosimilars Initiative Journal...

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Thank you to reviewers

Published on 30 May 2016

Thank you to reviewers 2012

The editors and publisher wish to express their gratitude to the colleagues listed below for their valuable contribution to the peer review process for the Generics and Biosimilars Initiative Journal...

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Review Article

Published on 04 May 2016

Assessment of the interchangeability between generics

Author byline as per print journal: Luther Gwaza1,2, BPharm, MPhil; John Gordon3, PhD; Henrike Potthast4, PhD; Marc Maliepaard5, PhD; Jan Welink5, Hubert Leufkens1,5, PhD; Matthias Stahl6, MD; Alfredo García-Arieta7, PhD...

Author(s): Alfredo García Arieta, PhD, Henrike Potthast, PhD, Hubert Leufkens, PhD, Jan Welink, John Gordon, PhD, Luther Gwaza, BPharm, MPhil, Marc Maliepaard, PhD, Matthias Stahl, MD

adjusted indirect comparisons, bioequivalence, drug switching, generic medicines, interchangeability, prequalification

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2016.0502.015

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Editor's Letter

Published on 04 May 2016

Editor’s introduction to the initial issue of the fifth volume of GaBI Journal

This issue begins with a Letter to the Editor by Professor Fabio V Teixeira from the Brazilian Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Society that deals basically with the issue of extrapolation...

Author(s): Professor Philip D Walson, MD

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2016.0501.001

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Perspective

Published on 27 April 2016

New monoclonal antibody biosimilars approved in 2015 in Latin America: position statement of the Latin American Forum on Biosimilars on biosimilarity, interchangeability and extrapolation of indications

Author byline as per print journal: Valderílio Feijó Azevedo1,2, Alejandra Babini3,4, Fabio Vieira Teixeira5,6, Igor Age Kos1,2, Pablo Matar7 Introduction: The Latin American Forum on Biosimilars (FLAB) is an annual...

Author(s): Alejandra Babini, Associate Professor Valderilio Feijó Azevedo, MD, PhD, MSc, Igor Age Kos, Pablo Matar, PhD, Professor Fabio V Teixeira, MSc, MD, PhD

biosimilarity, extrapolation, infliximab, interchangeability, monoclonal antibodies, rituximab

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2016.0502.017

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Commentary

Published on 18 April 2016

Waiver of consent for retrospective chart review studies

Abstract: The importance of obtaining IRB/EC consent for waiver of consent before embarking on retrospective chart review studies was highlighted using the recent case of a manuscript submitted to GaBI...

Author(s): Professor Philip D Walson, MD

chart review, consent, retrospective, waiver

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2016.0501.004

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Abstracted Scientific Content

Published on 18 April 2016

The case for reforming drug naming

Submitted: 29 February 2016; Revised: 15 March 2016; Accepted: 16 March 2016; Published online first: 29 March 2016 Use of brand name drugs over generic equivalents after expiration of exclusivity...

Author(s): GaBI Journal Editor

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2016.0501.012

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Special Report

Published on 07 April 2016

Complexity in the making: non-biological complex drugs (NBCDs) and the pharmacopoeias

Abstract: Pharmacopoeias, as standard references for pharmaceutical drug specifi cations and reference standards in the form of monographs, play a pivotal role to assure drug quality and safety. With emphasis...

Author(s): Professor Gerrit Borchard, PharmD, PhD

drug quality, ICH, non-biological complex drug (NBCD), Ph. Eur., pharmacopoeia, USP

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2016.0501.009

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