Geneva, November 14, 2022 – In the week ahead, IGBA will renew its commitment to the collaborative effort to establish worldwide biosimilar policies that deliver better health outcomes and biologics access equity for more patients. The third Global Biosimilars Week will run from 14th to 18th November, 2022 on social media, supported by a rich resource dedicated website globalbiosimilarsweek.org.
The International Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association’s (IGBA) newly established CEO Advisory Committee held its first in-person meeting in Geneva this week and had a far-reaching exchange with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and other WHO leaders. This was the first opportunity for Dr. Tedros to engage in a direct dialogue with the IGBA CEO Advisory Committee following its launch and the admission of IGBA as a non-State actor in official relations with WHO earlier this year.
The International Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association (IGBA) announced today that it has appointed a Chair and Vice-Chair for its newly established Committee. Richard Saynor, CEO Sandoz, has been nominated as inaugural Chair, and Vinita Gupta, CEO Lupin, has been appointed Vice-Chair, both effective January 1, 2023, for a term of one year.
