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

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JANUARY 19, 2024

EMA’s 2023 new medicines report suggests return to pre-pandemic volume This week, the EMA released its 2023 New Medicines Highlights report, providing insights into the number of opinions provided and the types of products reviewed. Seventeen products were orphan drugs, fourteen were generics and eight were biosimilars.

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

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FEBRUARY 25, 2022

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

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 3. and PART 3½)

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MARCH 13, 2024

4,631,286, where the PTO considered “whether Hoechst-Roussel is eligible to file an application for [PTE] based on a regulatory review conducted by its competitor, the marketing applicant Warner-Lambert, wherein Hoechst-Roussel was not associated with the regulatory review that led to FDA approval for commercial marketing of the approved product.”

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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

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

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. Consider, for example, the following four PTO decisions we unearthed.

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Analysis Life Sciences Thank You Updated guidance on promotional labeling for biosimilars and interchangeables emphasizes a similar approach

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APRIL 26, 2024

Updated guidance on promotional labeling for biosimilars and interchangeables emphasizes a similar approach Today, the FDA issued a revised draft guidance on the development of promotional labeling for biosimilars, reference products, and—newly—interchangeable products.

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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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OCTOBER 6, 2023

FDA fiscal year in review: New drug approvals in the wake of the pandemic and legislative reforms AgencyIQ analyzed CDER’s novel drug approvals in Fiscal Year 2023, identifying a recovery in approval numbers as the agency resumes a new normal following the pandemic. As a reminder, the U.S.

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Analysis Life Sciences Thank You What We Expect the FDA to do in October 2023

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

What We Expect the FDA to do in October 2023 In this ongoing feature, AgencyIQ looks at public data to determine what the FDA is likely to do in the month ahead, including key deadlines, meetings, events, planned regulations, comment periods and more. AgencyIQ October 1 Nitrosamine testing due to FDA.

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Analysis Life Sciences Thank You What We Expect the FDA to do in December 2023

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

What We Expect the FDA to do in December 2023 In this ongoing feature, AgencyIQ looks at public data to determine what the FDA is likely to do in the month ahead, including key deadlines, meetings, events, planned regulations, comment periods and more.

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Analysis Life Sciences Thank You What We Expect the FDA to do in November 2023

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

What We Expect the FDA to do in November 2023 In this ongoing feature, AgencyIQ looks at public data to determine what the FDA is likely to do in the month ahead, including key deadlines, meetings, events, planned regulations, comment periods and more.

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Federal Marijuana Rescheduling: States Get Ready

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. and lack accepted safety for use under medical supervision. 21 U.S.C. §

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Joint Basis for FDA/HHS Marijuana Rescheduling Recommendation Unveiled

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JANUARY 18, 2024

Houck — In August 2023 the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and Health and Human Services (“HHS”) recommended that the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) reschedule marijuana from schedule I under the federal Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) to schedule III. By Larry K.

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Article FDA Thank You FDA unveils long-awaited Patient Medication Information proposed rule

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JUNE 2, 2023

BY ALEXANDER GAFFNEY, MS, RAC, LAURA DIANGELO, MPH MAY 30, 2023 9:39 PM CDT Regulatory background and context The FDA uses various controls, including labeling and warnings, to ensure that medical products are used appropriately and safely. OIRA eventually released the rule for release by the FDA (with changes) on May 10, 2023.

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AbbVie Reports Full-Year and Fourth-Quarter 2020 Financial Results

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FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Percent on an Operational Basis, Due to Biosimilar Competition; Global Skyrizi Net Revenues Were $1.590 Billion; Global Rinvoq Net Revenues Were $731 Million. percent on an operational basis, due to biosimilar competition. Humira (adalimumab) loss of exclusivity (LOE) in 2023. Percent on a Reported Basis, or 12.5

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Buckle Up: DOJ Initiates Rulemaking to Reschedule Marijuana

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MAY 21, 2024

29, 2023) (“Basis”); NPRM at 44,603. In 2023, HHS conducted a different approach, a two-part test, to determine whether marijuana has a CAMU. FDA analyzed anorexia related to a medical condition, anxiety, epilepsy, inflammatory bowel disease, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, pain, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

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PFIZER REPORTS STRONG FIRST-QUARTER 2021 RESULTS

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MAY 4, 2021

Multiple innovative and biosimilar products across our portfolio delivered growth, demonstrating the strength of our business and the depth and breadth of our growth drivers. Lorbrena is now indicated for adults with metastatic NSCLC whose tumors are ALK-positive as detected by an FDA-approved test.

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HHS’ Recommendation to Reschedule Cannabis to Schedule III Raises Questions

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Cannabis in schedule III would require a prescription issued by a DEA-registered, state-licensed practitioner. FDA had not approved an NDA or ANDA for cannabis for any indication in 2016. FDA did approve Epidiolex , a cannabidiol oral solution derived from cannabis, in June 2018. Riley Griffin, et al.,

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Marijuana: Top Ten Reasons for Descheduling, Rescheduling or Not

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

We blogged on the December 5, 2023, letter from six Democratic governors to President Biden). Rescheduling would eliminate a tax burden on cannabis companies, allowing licensed companies to expand investments into state programs and focus on public health in collaboration with law enforcement efforts. Letter to U.S.

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DEA Concurs: Marijuana Meets Schedule III Criteria

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MAY 5, 2024

Last August, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and HHS, after considering the eight-factor analysis required by the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) for scheduling substances of abuse, recommended DEA reschedule marijuana from schedule I to schedule III. 29, 2023). Letter to U.S. Letter to President Joseph R. 21 U.S.C. §

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

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

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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 3. and PART 3½)

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)

Analysis Life Sciences Thank You Updated guidance on promotional labeling for biosimilars and interchangeables emphasizes a similar approach

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

Analysis Life Sciences Thank You What We Expect the FDA to do in October 2023

Analysis Life Sciences Thank You What We Expect the FDA to do in December 2023

Analysis Life Sciences Thank You What We Expect the FDA to do in November 2023

Federal Marijuana Rescheduling: States Get Ready

Joint Basis for FDA/HHS Marijuana Rescheduling Recommendation Unveiled

Article FDA Thank You FDA unveils long-awaited Patient Medication Information proposed rule

AbbVie Reports Full-Year and Fourth-Quarter 2020 Financial Results

Buckle Up: DOJ Initiates Rulemaking to Reschedule Marijuana

PFIZER REPORTS STRONG FIRST-QUARTER 2021 RESULTS

HHS’ Recommendation to Reschedule Cannabis to Schedule III Raises Questions

Marijuana: Top Ten Reasons for Descheduling, Rescheduling or Not

DEA Concurs: Marijuana Meets Schedule III Criteria

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