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Surely You Must be Kidding, PTO?!? “No, and Don’t Call Me Shirley!” – The Seemingly Slapstick (But Yet Unfunny) World of Recent Patent Term Extension Decisions (PART 2)

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

The use of a surrogate endpoint can considerably shorten the time required prior to receiving FDA approval. If the confirmatory trial shows that the drug actually provides a clinical benefit, then the FDA grants traditional approval for the drug. 8,128,929 was submitted on December 8, 2016 (Docket No.

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FDA Knows Its Own Strength—and It Includes Concentration

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Relevant here, FDA interpreted in Guidance that a proposed injectable biosimilar must “demonstrate that its product has the same strength as the reference product by demonstrating that both products have the same total content of drug substance (in mass or units of activity) and the same concentration of drug substance.”

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FDA accepts Dupixent® (dupilumab) for Priority Review in children aged 6 months to 5 years with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis

The Pharma Data

If approved, Dupixent will be the first biologic medicine available in the U.S. In 2016, the FDA granted Breakthrough Therapy designation for Dupixent for the treatment of severe atopic dermatitis (in children aged 6 months to 11 years). to treat uncontrolled moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis for these young children.

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Precision Medicine: Using Genomic Data to Predict Drug Side Effects and Benefits

NIH Director's Blog: Drug Development

Scott and colleagues focused on six genes that encode potential drug targets licensed or in development by GlaxoSmithKline for the treatment of obesity or diabetes. That’s critical considering that just 1 in 10 drug candidates entering human clinical trials successfully goes on to receive FDA approval [5]. 2016 March 4. [5]

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Joint Basis for FDA/HHS Marijuana Rescheduling Recommendation Unveiled

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

FDA conducted the eight-factor scheduling analysis required by the CSA in 2016 and found that marijuana continued to meet the scheduling criteria for remaining in schedule I. 12, 2016); Denial of Petition to Initiate Proceedings to Reschedule Marijuana, 81 Fed. 53,688 (Aug. 53,767 (Aug. 21 U.S.C. § at 53,700; 81 Fed.

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U.S. FDA Approves PREVNAR 20™, Pfizer’s Pneumococcal 20-valent Conjugate Vaccine for Adults Ages 18 Years or Older

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved PREVNAR 20 (Pneumococcal 20-valent Conjugate Vaccine) for the prevention of invasive disease and pneumonia caused by the 20 Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) serotypes in the vaccine in adults ages 18 years and older. Following today’s FDA approval, the U.S.

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Article FDA Thank You In proposed rule, FDA offers up a (surprisingly sparse) list of drugs that present demonstrable compounding difficulties

Agency IQ

FDA addressed the expanding practice of drug compounding in 1992 by issuing a compliance policy guide that clarified that pharmacies which compounded products at certain scales, for certain purposes, or without FDA approval were clearly operating “outside the bounds of traditional pharmacy practice.”

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