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Not So Different: Kanika Monga, MD, and Angus Worthing, MD, Discuss ACR Survey on Biosimilars and COVID-19
Kanika Monga, MD, of the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) Communication and Marketing Committee, and Angus Worthing, MD, an ACR director, discuss the ACR's recent survey on rheumatology.
A recent survey conducted by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) indicated that a large portion of patients with rheumatic diseases were unsure if they had been prescribed a biosimilar before, suggesting a major knowledge gap among patients on how biosimilars differ from reference biologics.
Additionally, the survey showed a 52% decline in the percentage of respondents who said they were currently being treated by a rheumatologist, vs the number under treatment a year earlier. Patients also reported that wait times to be seen by a rheumatologist increased between 2019 and 2020. Both of these findings were likely partly due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that has changed how practices conduct business and deprived some patients of the economic means and health insurance to continue seeing their provider.
We sat down with Kanika Monga, MD, a rheumatologist at Houston Methodist Hospital in Texas and a member of the ACR’s Communication and Marketing Committee, and Angus Worthing, MD, a rheumatologist at Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, PC, in Chevy Chase, Maryland, a member of the board of directors of the ACR, to discuss the results of this survey and what the rheumatology field is expected to look like post-COVID-19.
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Biosimilars Gastroenterology Roundup for February 2023—Podcast Edition
March 5th 2023On this episode of Not So Different, we chronicle the latest gastroenterology news from February, including several updates on adalimumab and infliximab biosimilars and industry analyses on the utilization of these drugs and patient confidence in gastroenterologists’ recommendations.
Decoding the Patent Puzzle: Navigating the Legal Landscape of Biosimilars
March 17th 2024On this episode of Not So Different, Ha Kung Wong, JD, an intellectual patent attorney and partner at Venable LLP, details the confusing landscape that is the US patent system and how it can be improved to help companies overcome barriers to biosimilar competition.
AAM's Craig Burton: Is the Biden Administration Doing Enough to Help Biosimilars?
November 13th 2022Craig Burton, senior vice president of policy and strategic alliances at the Association for Accessible Medicines and executive director of the Biosimilars Council, gives insight into the many health policies that the Biden administration has implemented in 2022 as well as their possible impact on biosimilar adoption.
How Health Policy Can Impact Adoption for Adalimumab Biosimilars
September 25th 2022In this episode of Not So Different, Julie Reed, executive director of the Biosimilars Forum, discussed current policy initiatives that could help biosimilar adoption and how the Inflation Reduction Act is expected to influence the adalimumab market.
