FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

AUGUST 8, 2024

Rescheduling out of schedule I would allow for the medical use of FDA-approved prescription drugs dispensed by DEA-registered, state licensed pharmacies pursuant to prescriptions issued by similarly DEA-registered, state licensed practitioners. Denial of Petition To Initiate Proceedings to Reschedule Marijuana, 81 Fed.

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MARCH 25, 2024

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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AUGUST 16, 2024

The June 2023 guidance recommends that studies involve two monitors (one with graduate-level professional training and clinical experience in psychotherapy, licensed to practice independently) to observe study participants during treatment sessions. Lykos (formerly MAPS PBC) met with the agency in 2016 for the End of Phase 2 meeting.

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JUNE 16, 2023

An update on the Medical Device Quality Management System Regulation : In February 2022, the FDA proposed a new rule which would effectively transition the agency away from its longstanding Quality System Regulation (QSR) in favor of the ISO 13485:2016 standard. Read our analysis of that rule here and here. ]

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Phage-based products have been licensed for use as antibacterial agents in the sanitation , food production , and animal health industries. Crucially, it could also make them easier to license as therapeutic agents. Phage therapies are sold at a pharmacy in Georgia.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

and Annex 1 Conference Joel Welch December 18 RAPS RAPS Webcast: FDA Forecast: What’s Next for the FDA in 2024 AgencyIQ Speakers December 21 HL7 REMS Public Call PDUFA Dates expected in November and December PDUFA dates represent the expected date of a regulatory decision by the FDA on a New Drug Application or Biologics License Application.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

Based on the results of its evaluation of nominated categories of drug products to date, as well as consultation with the Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee (PCAC), FDA is also proposing to include certain categories of drug products on these lists. The following PDUFA dates were obtained from publicly available sources.

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