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Without the medicine Rachelle Crow takes for her rheumatoid arthritis, the 29-year-old Michigan woman’s face would frequently feel as if it were engulfed in flames. She would barely be able to crawl out of bed. She would have trouble opening or closing her fists or lifting her 3-year-old daughter. Crow can do all those things […]

TESTIMONY – STATE BIOSIMILAR SUBSTITUTION Washington State House of Representatives Health Care & Wellness Committee House Health Care & Wellness Committee consideration of SB 5935 Speaker: Lisa Powell Patient Advocate Global Healthy Living Foundation March 24, 2015 Disclosure: I have no disclosures to make regarding my travel here today. The Global Healthy Living Foundation accepts grants […]

Julie Wiles of Spring says she found relief from rheumatoid arthritis when she began receiving injections of Enbrel, a drug that costs $2,500 a week. But even with insurance coverage, Wiles can no longer afford Enbrel. Instead, she takes a combination of less expensive drugs and injections that hasn’t been nearly as effective.   Read […]

Mariah Leach felt at the top of her game six years ago. At age 25, she was pursuing a law degree and a master’s in environmental policy at the University of Colorado, earning straight A’s and playing water polo with the university’s club team. But then her toes began to hurt. A few weeks, later […]

TESTIMONY – STATE BIOSIMILAR SUBSTITUTION Oregon House of Representatives Committee on Health Care  Committee on Health Care consideration of HB 2026  Speaker: Anna Marie Meyer Patient Advocate Global Healthy Living Foundation March 16, 2015 Disclosure: I have no disclosures to make regarding my travel here today. The Global Healthy Living Foundation accepts grants and charitable contributions […]

Novartis still has to win a patent-infringement lawsuit before it can sell Zarxio, the first biosimilar to receive FDA approval, but experts and advocates indicate the potential rollout of the drug is less important than the fact that the approval has smoothed the way for the four biosimilar applications in front of the FDA. Read […]

Last year, when Mariah Leach was pregnant with her son, her rheumatoid arthritis flared up again. She had stopped medication during pregnancy, but when the autoimmune disease, which causes painful and damaging inflammation in joints and elsewhere, resurged, she and her doctors made the difficult decision for her to restart during her third trimester, based […]

The positive impact of biologic medicines for the treatment of many chronic diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, HIV, hepatitis C, Rheumatoid arthritis and others, cannot be understated.  That’s why it’s good news that soon patients and prescribers will have access to cutting edge medicines called biosimilars. Read More

Mariah Leach, 32, a Colorado woman who uses biologics to treat rheumatoid arthritis, said she hopes pharmacies and insurers don’t force her to take a biosimilar version. “The opportunity to have a less expensive treatment option is fabulous,” she said. “I just don’t want to be put on it without my choice. I don’t want […]