Meeting Report
Key factors for successful uptake of biosimilars: Europe and the US
Author(s): Michael S Reilly, Esq, Professor Philip J Schneider, MS, FASHP, FASPEN, FFIP
Page: 112-24
Introduction: Biosimilars were first introduced in Europe in 2006 and then in the US in 2015. An online webinar on the successful uptake in Europe and the US was held… Read More »
3rd Colombian educational workshop on regulatory assessment of biosimilars 2019 – Report
Author(s): Jian Wang, MD, PhD, Professor Andrea Laslop, MD, Professor John-Joseph Borg, Robin Thorpe, PhD, FRCPath, Yolanda Elias Gramajo, MD
Page: 132-44
Author byline as per print journal: Professor John-Joseph Borg, PhD; Yolanda Elias Gramajo, MD; Professor Andrea Laslop, MD; Robin Thorpe, PhD, FRCPath; Jian Wang, MD, PhD Introduction: Biosimilars have the… Read More »
1st ASEAN overview workshop on GMP for biologicals/biosimilars 2018 – Report
Author(s): Adjunct Associate Professor Sia Chong Hock, BSc (Pharm), MSc, Elwyn Griffiths, DSc, PhD
Page: 119-27
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… Read More »
2nd MENA Stakeholder Meeting on Biosimilars 2018 – Report
Author(s): Andrea Laslop, MD, Jian Wang, MD, PhD, Robin Thorpe, PhD, FRCPath
Page: 76-87
Introduction: The number of biosimilars, or similar biotherapeutic products, is expanding rapidly worldwide. A further 12 blockbuster biologicals are set to add to this number by 2020. Agreement about the… Read More »
First GCC stakeholder meeting on approval process, interchangeability/substitution and safety of biosimilars 2017 – Report
Author(s): Ahmed H Aljedai, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, FCCP, FAST, Ali M Alhomaidan, PhD, Assistant Professor Gianluca Trifirò, MD, PhD, Aws Alshamsan, BPharm, RPh, PhD, Meteb Al-Foheidi, MD, FRCPC, Mohammad A Alsenaidy, MSc, PhD, Musaed Abdullah Alkholief, PhD, Professor Tore Kristian Kvien, MD
Page: 158-63
Author byline as per print journal: Gianluca Trifirò, MD, PhD; Meteb Al-Foheidi, MD, FRCPC; Ali M Alhomaidan, PhD; Ahmed H Aljedai, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, FCCP, FAST; Musaed Abdullah Alkholief, PhD;… Read More »
First ASEAN educational workshop on regulation and approval of biosimilars/similar biotherapeutic products 2017 – Report
Author(s): Elwyn Griffiths, DSc, PhD, Niklas Ekman, PhD, Robin Thorpe, PhD, FRCPath
Page: 127-32
Author byline as per print journal: Robin Thorpe, PhD, FRCPath; Elwyn Griffiths, PhD, DSc; Niklas Ekman, PhD Abstract: Biosimilar medicines are being increasingly developed and used worldwide. Many regulatory agencies across… Read More »
Quality assessment of biosimilars in Colombia – reducing knowledge gaps
Author(s): Elaine Gray, PhD, Paul Matejtschuk, PhD, CChem, Robin Thorpe, PhD, FRCPath
Page: 79-83
Abstract: Biosimilar medicines are having a global effect, and as such regulatory agencies worldwide are assessing how to respond to them. Here, two events held by GaBI for the Colombian… Read More »
Perspectives on the future of pegfilgrastim biosimilars
Author(s): Karsten Roth, PhD, Professor Pere Gascón, MD, Ruediger Jankowsky, PhD
Page: 185-7
Author byline as per print journal: Professor Pere Gascón, MD; Ruediger Jankowsky, PhD; Karsten Roth, PhD Abstract: Cinfa Biotech, the biosimilars specialists of the Cinfa Group, reviewed pegfilgrastim biosimilar approaches to… Read More »
Value-added medicines: how repurposed medicines bring value to patients and pharmacists
Author(s): Christoph Stoller, Emilia Minodora Voiculescu, PharmD, Professor Stephan Krähenbühl, MD, PhD
Page: 141-6
Author byline as per print journal: Christoph Stoller; Professor Stephan Krähenbühl, MD, PhD; Emilia Minodora Voiculescu, PharmD Abstract: The Value Added Medicines Group of Medicines for Europe met at the 2017 European… Read More »