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MARCH 4, 2024

Livornese — On February 6, 2024, FDA issued a draft guidance titled Notifying FDA of a Discontinuance or Interruption in Manufacturing of Finished Products or Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Under Section 506C of the FD&C Act. By Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert & Deborah L.

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JUNE 2, 2023

6/27/2023 Notification FDORA, Section 3201 Within 180 days of the passage of FDORA, all biologics and biosimilars sponsors must submit a written notice to the FDA of all actively marketed products (i.e., The following PDUFA dates were obtained from publicly available sources. not discontinued) and are available for sale.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A closer look at CDER’s new 2024 guidance agenda The FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, its drug review division, this week quietly updated its 2024 Guidance Agenda, a list of all draft guidance documents the agency is working on this calendar year. Read Agency IQ’s breakdown of the 2024 CDRH guidance agenda here].

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

166 guidance documents the FDA is actively working on in 2024 (and beyond) The FDA is set to be very, very busy in 2024. We’ve identified a total of 166 guidance documents that are under active development, and have the key details for you below. We have tried to sort guidance documents by topic area.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Ahead of protein and antibody engineering conference PEGS Europe 2024 in Lisbon, DDW’s Megan Thomas looks at what to expect from each track of the annual biologics technology meeting. Alexey Rak, PhD, Head, Biostructure and Biophysics, Sanofi, on: ‘Cryo-EM structure and epitope/paratope mapping of CEACAM5 monoclonal antibody targeting’.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

DECEMBER 3, 2023

As part of this change, the Coverage Gap Discount Program (CGDP), a program that has existed since 2011, will sunset on December 31, 2024, and be replaced by the Medicare Part D Manufacturer Discount Program (the “Discount Program”). Manufacturers must sign the agreement by March 1, 2024, to participate in the 2025 plan year.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

and Annex 1 Conference Joel Welch December 12 AgencyIQ Looking ahead to 2024: Regulatory Forecast for the U.S. and Annex 1 Conference Joel Welch December 12 AgencyIQ Looking ahead to 2024: Regulatory Forecast for the U.S. Morgan Chase 42 nd Annual J.P. The following PDUFA dates were obtained from publicly available sources.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

AgencyIQ November 27 DSCSA Technically goes into full effect While the FDA has technically extended enforcement of certain provisions under the Drug Supply Chain Security Act until November 2024, certain provisions of the law are still due to come into effect in late November.

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JUNE 29, 2023

6/27/2023 Notification FDORA, Section 3201 Within 180 days of the passage of FDORA, all biologics and biosimilars sponsors must submit a written notice to the FDA of all actively marketed products (i.e., OIG claims a review will be complete in 2024. The following PDUFA dates were obtained from publicly available sources.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

WUSF / AgencyIQ November 1 Initial deadline for NDSRIs Under a 2023 guidance document, the FDA has recommended that pharmaceutical companies assess Nitrosamine Drug-Related Substance Impurities for their products by November 1, 2023, with confirmatory testing due by August 1, 2025.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

pharmaceutical law ceased to apply to the U.K. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has been releasing guidance for the pharmaceutical and medical device industry to aid product development and approval after the separation. Medicines developers can apply through the new framework beginning January 1, 2024.

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The Pharma Data

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. Inlyta globally, up 34% operationally, primarily reflecting increased demand in the U.S. The FDA action converts the 2018 accelerated approval to full approval.

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JULY 28, 2023

A big nitrosamine deadline approaches : Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last few years, you’ve probably heard about major issues that the pharmaceutical industry has been having with nitrosamine contamination. That would leave 19% of staff affected by furloughs. But despite the law’s age, it is not yet fully operational.

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