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FDA Knows Its Own Strength—and It Includes Concentration

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Amongst other things, FDA co-opted many of the same definitions for key terms for implementation of the BPCIA. Specifically, Boehringer asked FDA to interpret “strength” for biosimilars to mean “total drug content” to the exclusion of “concentration.” FDA thus disagrees that such differences are not clinically meaningful.

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Amgen Reports Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results

The Pharma Data

today announced financial results for the second quarter of 2021. Product sales increased 3% globally, driven by double digit volume growth across a number of our products including Prolia ® (denosumab), Repatha ® (evolocumab) and our biosimilar products MVASI ® (bevacizumab-awwb) and KANJINTI ® (trastuzumab-anns). on a non-GAAP basis.

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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. This most recent year saw 80 total opinions, compared to 92 in 2022 and 97 in 2021. The rate of negative opinions over the last three years has remained relatively stable, with three each in 2023 and 2022 and five in 2021.

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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. FDA-2022-E-3124 ). 6,992,207 covering PEPAXTO (Docket No.

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Sanofi continued its growth trajectory. Strong increase in Q1 2021 business EPS(1) at CER

The Pharma Data

Paris, April 28, 2021. Strong increase in Q1 2021 business EPS ( 1) at CER. Q1 2021 sales increase of 2.4% Q1 2021 business EPS ( 1) growth at CER driven by efficiency and sales performance, supported by a one-time payment. Sanofi has become a member of the top five companies of the 2021 Access to Medicine index.

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Analysis Life Sciences Thank You FDA fiscal year in review: New drug approvals in the wake of the pandemic and legislative reforms

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All products are received in one of two forms: A New Drug Application (or NDA, for pharmaceuticals) or a Biologics License Application (BLA, for biologics). Novel drug products are defined as products that have never been approved for any indication. FDA approved 13 NMEs through the AA pathway in FY 2023, making up 25.5%

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Federal Marijuana Rescheduling: States Get Ready

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

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. 28, 2021).