Riyadh, January 26, 2020, SPA -- Medication Safety Research Chair of King Saud University (KSU) will hold the 2nd symposium on biologics and biosimilars on next Friday. The three-day symposium will be held at the Holiday Inn hotel, Izdihar, in Riyadh. The chairman of the symposium, Dr. Mohammed Ahmed Omair, an associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Consultant of Rheumatology at KSU Medical City said that the first day of the symposium will include three workshops, covering three main topics, including pharmacoeconomics, pharmacovigilance in addition to the usages of biologic and generic drugs. He also added that the chair will honor the top three researchers in this field with awards worth more than 60,000 riyals. The symposium aims at keeping up with latest updates related to biologics and generic drugs and raising awareness of drug safety in this field to achieve the objectives of the Saudi Vision 2030 related to the health sector. --SPA 14:27 LOCAL TIME 11:27 GMT 0010 www.spa.gov.sa/w1253467