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Audience: This activity is intended for
healthcare professionals practicing in managed care environments.
This activity is supported by an
educational grant from Allergan
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EVALUATION
Instructions for CME/CEU: View the presentation, answer the
post test, complete the evaluation form and submit to
keads@namcp.org. You will
have the option on the post test/evaluation page to submit your
forms electronically or by faxing them to Katie Eads at
804-747-5316.
Summary
Protein biologicals are complex pharmaceutical drugs produced by and
purified from living organisms. Medical institutions, government
agencies and private sector third party payers are currently faced
with a variety of issues about the relative properties and merits of
different biological products, particularly products with similar
mechanisms of actions. This presentation will provide methods of
determining equivalency in comparing similar biopharmaceuticals.
Objectives
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Describe the basic
pharmacology and clinical applications of botulinum toxins
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Describe the Summary of
Product Characteristics document and its usefulness as a source
comparison of different pharmaceutical products
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Describe the similarities and
difference of two commercial botulinum toxin type A products and
understand the ramifications on payers and providers
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Faculty: |
Richard Wenzel, PharmD,
Pharmacist, Diamond Headache Clinic Inpatient Unit |
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Disclosure:
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Dr. Wenzel serves as a
consultant to GlaxoSmithKline and on the speakers bureau
for Allergan and Ortho McNeil. NAMCP CME committee
determined this did not present a conflict of interest
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Accreditation & Designation
The National Association of Managed
Care Physicians (NAMCP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council
for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical
education for physicians. NAMCP designates this activity for a
maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category I creditsTM. Each physician should
claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in
the activity.
The American Association of Managed Care Nurses (AAMCN) has been
approved as a provider of continuing education by the Virginia
Nurses Association (VNA) VNA is accredited as an approver of
continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing
Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Nurses who complete this
activity will be awarded 1.0 contact hours.
This activity has been approved by the American Board of Managed
Care Nursing for 1.0 contact hours toward CMCN recertification
requirements.
This activity is
supported by an educational grant from Allergan
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