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Would I FIE to You? FDA’s First Interchangeable Exclusivity Determination Results in Expiration

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Koblitz — Back in late September 2023 (and corrected in October), FDA issued its first interchangeable exclusivity determination pursuant to the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (“BPCIA”).

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

Agency IQ

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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Article EMA Thank You What we expect European regulators to do in November 2023

Agency IQ

What we expect European regulators to do in November 2023 In this new recurring feature, AgencyIQ, through public data and previous analysis, determines what European medicine and device regulators will likely do in the month ahead, including key deadlines, meetings, events, planned regulations, comment periods, and more.

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European Commission vs Big Pharma, or profit vs access?  

Drug Discovery World

On January 31 2023, an internally circulated version of the European Commission’s overhaul of the EU’s pharma legislation was leaked, and published by Politico 1. He pointed out that Europe was the first region to approve biosimilars. You can compare timelines.

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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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Trading Partners May Exhale: FDA Releases Guidance Exercising a Year-Long Period of Enforcement Discretion Related to DSCSA Enforcement of Certain Provisions

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

As industry is well aware, by the terms of the statute, the DSCSA’s interoperability provisions become effective ten years after its 2013 enactment, or on November 27, 2023. By Karla L. the ability to associate the saleable return product with the transaction information/statement with the particular product). Guidance at 4.

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eMDR System Enhancements

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

By Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — On March 17, 2023, enhancements to FDA’s electronic Medical Device Reporting (eMDR) system will go live. Test deployment for the changes listed above were deployed to eMDR on August 19, 2022 and will be deployed to production on March 17, 2023.