Hemophilia Federation of America is a national nonprofit organization that assists, educates and advocates for the bleeding disorders community.
The following is an excerpt from a press release from Sanofi. Read the full press release here. The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD庐)聽announced the聽findings of a new study that details聽the聽number聽of聽orphan products,聽generics and biosimilars聽available to treat rare diseases.聽NORD聽commissioned聽Avalere to conduct聽the聽analysis聽to examine if聽laws and regulations are聽helping to聽bring new treatments聽to market聽for rare disease patients.聽 According to the聽report,聽the […]
HFA is proud to be part of the Patients for Biologics Safety & Access (PBSA). PBSA is a coalition of 24 patient advocacy organizations dedicated to protecting patient access to safe and effective biologics. Together, this coalition represents millions of Americans who suffer from serious, life-threatening diseases that are difficult to diagnose and treat. As […]
Note: This story was originally published in the January 2016 issue of BioSupply Trends Quarterly. It can be read in its original format here. By Meredith Whitmore In this brave new world of medicines, more and more physicians are prescribing a biologic. Perhaps they have even witnessed a patient鈥檚 remarkable transformation thanks to biologics such […]
Dear Addy, I keep hearing about biosimilars. What are they, and how do they differ from generic drugs? Sincerely, Curious About Products Hi Curious, Thanks for your question. A biosimilar is a pharmaceutical drug that is made to have similar active properties as a biological drug that has already been licensed. Biologics are really important […]
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