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Biosimilar Updates for Supportive and Therapeutic Cancer Care

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Herein, I summarize recent biosimilar approvals as well as how these agents might affect patient care and counseling in oncology practice.

Pharmacists : 0.25 contact {hour} ({0.025} CEUs)

Physicians : maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 {Credit}

Released: January 18, 2019

Expiration: January 17, 2020

No longer available for credit.

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Faculty

Jeffrey Crawford

Jeffrey Crawford, MD

George Barth Geller Professor for Research in Cancer

Duke University Medical Center

Co-director of the Solid Tumor Therapeutics Program

Duke Cancer Institute

Durham, North Carolina

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Provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine
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Supporters

This activity is supported by an educational funding donation provided by

Amgen, Inc.

Target Audience

This program is intended for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and pharmacists who care for patients with cancer who are candidates for biosimilar agents.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
  • Summarize current and emerging efficacy and safety data for biosimilar agents for the treatment of cancer
  • Effectively counsel and communicate the effect biosimilars may have on a patient’s treatment plan

Disclosure

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest (COI) they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified COI are thoroughly vetted and resolved according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality CME/CE activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.

The faculty reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME/CE activity:

Faculty Disclosure

Primary Author

Jeffrey Crawford, MD

George Barth Geller Professor for Research in Cancer

Duke University Medical Center

Co-director of the Solid Tumor Therapeutics Program

Duke Cancer Institute

Durham, North Carolina

Jeffrey Crawford, MD, has disclosed that he has received consulting fees from Amgen, AstraZeneca, Coherus, Enzychem, Merck, and Pfizer and has served on data and safety monitoring boards for BeyondSpring, G1 Therapeutics, Janssen, Merrimack, Mylan, and Roche.

Staff Disclosure

Staff

Ashley Bohn, PhD, MS, RVT

Clinical Editor

Ashley Bohn, PhD, MS, RVT, has disclosed that she has received fees for non-CME/CE services from Genomic Health, Lilly, and Merck.

Megan K. Murphy, PhD

Scientific Director

Megan K. Murphy, PhD, has no real or apparent conflicts of interest to report.

Timothy A. Quill, PhD

Senior Managing Editor

Timothy A. Quill, PhD, has no real or apparent conflicts of interest to report.

Instructions for Credit

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Credit Designation

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 0.2 contact hours.

Credit Designation

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this continuing education activity for 0.25 contact hour (0.025 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Universal Activity Number - JA4008162-0000-20-579-H01-P.

Type of Activity: Knowledge

Upon successfully completing the post-test with a score of 100% or better and the activity evaluation form, transcript information will be sent to the NABP CPE Monitor Service within 4 weeks.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

The planners and managers reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME/CE activity:

The PIM planners and managers have nothing to disclose.

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.

The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners.  Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

Additional Information

Participation in this self-study activity should be completed in approximately 0.25 hours. To successfully complete this activity and receive credit, participants must follow these steps during the period from January 18, 2019, through January 17, 2020:

1. Register online at http://www.clinicaloptions.com.
2. Read the target audience, learning objectives, and faculty disclosures.
3. Study the educational activity online or printed out.
4. Submit answers to the posttest questions and evaluation questions online.

You must receive a test score of at least 100% and respond to all evaluation questions to receive a certificate. After submitting the evaluation, you may access your online certificate by selecting the certificate link on the posttest confirmation page. Records of all CME/CE activities completed can be found on the "CME/CE Manager" page. There are no costs/fees for this activity.

Program Medium

This program has been made available online.


Goal


The goal of this activity is to improve participants’ competence in applying the latest practice-changing data in the individualized clinical management of patients with cancer who are candidates for treatment with biologic agents.