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What FDA’s Newest Gene Therapy Approval Tells Us About Durability: How Long is Long Enough?

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

Valentine — On November 22, 2022, FDA approved CSL Behring’s BLA for Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec), an AAV-based gene therapy for the treatment of adults with Hemophilia B who currently use Factor IX prophylaxis therapy, have current or historical life-threatening hemorrhage, or have repeated, serious spontaneous bleeding episodes.

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FDA Accepts for Review Pfizer’s Supplemental Application for ABRILADA™ (adalimumab-afzb) Interchangeability

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the Prior Approval Supplement (PAS) to the Biologics License Application (BLA) for ABRILADA™ (adalimumab-afzb) as an interchangeable biosimilar to Humira® (adalimumab). The Biosimilar User Fee Act (BsUFA) goal date for an FDA decision is in Q4 2022. “An

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Sandoz receives approval by European Commission for Hyrimoz® (adalimumab) high-concentration formulation

The Pharma Data

As part of the comprehensive submission package to the European Marketing Authorization, Sandoz conducted a Phase I pharmacokinetics (PK) bridging study comparing its approved adalimumab 50 mg/mL 2 with the 100 mg/mL (HCF). The adalimumab reference medicine (Humira ® *) was first approved with an adalimumab concentration of 50 mg/mL.

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

Agency IQ

For example, in 2023, the EMA published its 2022 highlights report on February 16, followed by the detailed report on May 15. This most recent year saw 80 total opinions, compared to 92 in 2022 and 97 in 2021. The EMA has now seen a three-year decline in new active substances, with 54 in 2021, 44 in 2022 and 39 in 2023.

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Successful Applications of Real-World Data and Real-World Evidence in Rare Disease Programs

The Premier Consulting Blog

The treatment had been granted breakthrough therapy designation, but FDA approval would ultimately rest on the sponsor’s ability to demonstrate clinically meaningful improvement. The FDA also granted a second meeting for review. The agency encouraged further review of the data for potential reference as a historical control.

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Analysis Life Sciences Thank You The U.S. regulatory landscape for probiotics and other microbiome-based therapies

Agency IQ

The prebiotic may either feed the probiotic that it is packaged with, or it may feed another beneficial microbe that is intended to complement the activity of the probiotic. In 2022, the FDA approved the first LBP – Rebyota (RBX2660; Ferring Pharmaceuticals) – but has yet to approve a recombinant LBP.

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Analysis Life Sciences Thank You After lengthy review, FDA approves Florida’s drug importation plan

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After lengthy review, FDA approves Florida’s drug importation plan After a years-long review process, the FDA today announced its approval of Florida’s proposal to import certain prescription drug products from Canada. Read our analysis of the lawsuit against the drug importation rule here. ]