Target Audience
This activity was developed for rheumatologists, gastroenterologists, dermatologists, primary care physicians, along with nurse practitioners, physician assistants and pharmacists who manage patients who are candidates for a biosimilar therapy.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Compare biosimilars with their reference products
- Describe the FDA's stepwise, totality-of-the-evidence pathway for biosimilar development, including pharmacovigilance
- Identify the regulatory and statutory requirements regarding biosimilar interchangeability and substitution
- Develop strategies to discuss biosimilar risks and benefits with patients who are currently treated or considering treatment with a biologic
Faculty
Jonathan Kay, MD Timothy S. and Elaine L. Peterson Chair in Rheumatology
Professor of Medicine and Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Memorial Medical Center
Worchester, Massachusetts
Accreditation
The Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower is accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for
physicians.
The Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower designates
this enduring activity for a maximum of
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation
in the activity.
Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower is accredited
as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
A maximum of
1 contact hour
may be earned for successful completion of this activity.
Provider is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #13664, for 1 contact hour.
To receive credit for education contact hours outside of the state of California, please check with your state board of registered nursing for reciprocity.
Disclosure Statement
It is the policy of the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences to ensure fair balance,
independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all programming. All individuals with the
potential to impact the content of an accredited education activity are expected to identify and
reference off-label product use and disclose relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible
companies.
The Annenberg Center for Health Sciences assesses relevant relationships with its instructors,
planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of CE
activities. All relevant relationships that are identified are thoroughly vetted by the
Annenberg Center for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies utilized in this activity,
and patient care recommendations. The Annenberg Center is committed to providing its learners
with high-quality CE activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality
in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards, parallel
documents from other accrediting bodies, and Annenberg Center for Health Sciences policy, the
following disclosures have been made:
Disclosures
Jonathan Kay, MD No relationships to disclose.
The faculty for this enduring activity has disclosed that there will be
discussion about the use of products for non-FDA approved applications.
Additional Content Planners
Eugene Cullen, MD (Peer Reviewer)No significant relationships to disclose.
Chris Fischer, MSc (Medical Writer)No significant relationships to disclose.
Heather M. Jimenez, FNP-C (Nurse Reviewer)No significant relationships to disclose.
Annenberg Center for Health Sciences
Staff at the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower have no relevant financial
relationships to disclose.
All of the financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
The ideas and opinions presented in this educational activity are those of the faculty and do not
necessarily reflect the views of the Annenberg Center and/or its agents. As in all educational
activities, we encourage practitioners to use their own judgment in treating and addressing the
needs of each individual patient, taking into account that patient's unique clinical situation.
The Annenberg Center disclaims all liability and cannot be held responsible for any problems
that may arise from participating in this activity or following treatment recommendations
presented.
This activity is supported by an educational grant from Pfizer Inc.
This activity is an online enduring material. Successful completion is achieved by reading and/or viewing the material,
reflecting on its implications in your practice, and completing the assessment
component.
The estimated time to complete the activity is
1.0 hour.
This activity was originally released on
2022-04-30 and is eligible for credit through
2023-04-30.
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