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European Commission vs Big Pharma, or profit vs access?  

Drug Discovery World

What of the increased possibilities for ‘replacement pharmacy compounding’ for weekly hospital supplies, and for routine manufacturing of cell and gene therapies without a marketing authorisation? He pointed out that Europe was the first region to approve biosimilars. You can compare timelines.

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FDA Action Alert: MacroGenics and Amgen

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About 15 to 20% of breast cancers cases are HER2+, and antibody-based therapies targeting HER2 have significantly improved outcomes of patients with HER2+ breast cancer. Amgen’s ABP 798, a Biosimilar to Genentech’s Rituxan. That collaboration was to develop and commercialize four oncology antibody biosimilar therapies.

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Analysis Life Sciences Thank You BsUFA III regulatory science pilot offers progress report, fields stakeholder criticisms and questions

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BsUFA III regulatory science pilot offers progress report, fields stakeholder criticisms and questions This week, FDA and its grantees briefed stakeholders on the status of research projects funded through the Biosimilar User Fee Act (BSUFA III) Regulatory Science Pilot Program. Developing biosimilars is an extensive and expensive process.

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A review of Japan’s drug discovery and development landscape  

Drug Discovery World

Similarly, biosimilars are expected to grow. This is unsurprising – our drug discovery industry does, after all, centre itself around creating initiatives that leave no one behind, from cancer therapies to malaria vaccines. . Overview . Investment and collaboration .

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Article EMA Thank You EMA’s 2023 new medicines report suggests return to pre-pandemic volume

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Seventeen products were orphan drugs, fourteen were generics and eight were biosimilars. Only one product was an advanced therapy medicinal product (ATMP), three products held PRIME designation, and three products were evaluated under accelerated assessments. for the years 2020 to 2022.

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CHOICE-01 Phase III Study of Toripalimab at the Interim Analysis Met Pre-Specified Primary Endpoint of Progression-Free Survival at the First-Line Treatment of Advanced NSCLC

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On December17 ,2018, Toripalimab obtained conditional approval from the NMPA, for the 2 nd line treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma. SHANGHAI, China, Dec. Both supplemental NDAs received priority review status by the NMPA in July 2020.

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Article FDA Thank You Explainer: What a government shutdown would mean for the FDA (Updated)

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history was in 2018-2019, totaling 35 days. It’s worth noting here that according to one drug sponsor , their application submitted “the day before the shutdown started” in 2018 was not able to be reviewed during the “lapse” period, meaning there is some sort of pre-shutdown deadline. What are the impacts for regulated industry?