FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MAY 16, 2024

Houck — Employee diversion of controlled substances from hospitals has been an issue since at least 1986 when I became a diversion investigator with the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”). The tech’s husband distributed the drugs in the community. The nurse who allegedly stole the drugs died in March 2022.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

HP&M has been helping clients navigate the challenges of state licensing regulations for drugs, biologics, medical devices, OTCs, 503B outsourcing facilities, 503A pharmacies, foods, dietary supplements, cannabis, and wholesalers/distributors for many years. Palmer , Larry K. Houck , and Kalie E.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

AUGUST 9, 2023

Houck — If a patient presents a paper prescription for a controlled substance to a pharmacy and the pharmacy cannot fill it, the patient can take that prescription to another pharmacy. Instead, the patient must request that the prescriber send a new prescription to a different pharmacy. 48365, 48369 (July 27, 2023).

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JULY 31, 2023

Houck — President Barack Obama signed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (“CARA”) intended to reverse serious prescription drug abuse trend in the United States on July 22, 2016. Three years after that letter, DEA proposed a rule to amend its regulations consistent with CARA on December 20, 2020. By Larry K.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 29, 2023

Politico published a summary of the key propositions outlined in the draft 2 , and DDW’s Multimedia Editor Megan Thomas investigates their intention, and observes how the industry has responded. Key proposals Approved drugs must launch in all EU countries within two years Politico described this as a measure to ensure a level playing field.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JANUARY 22, 2024

Claud — The Office of Compliance (OC) at FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) had a role in many of the major public health enforcement matters you may have read about last year. OC devoted a lot of resources to its compliance efforts directed at human drug compounding. Drug Supply Chain. By John W.M.

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Agency IQ

OCTOBER 20, 2023

BsUFA III regulatory science pilot offers progress report, fields stakeholder criticisms and questions This week, FDA and its grantees briefed stakeholders on the status of research projects funded through the Biosimilar User Fee Act (BSUFA III) Regulatory Science Pilot Program. Developing biosimilars is an extensive and expensive process.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JUNE 16, 2023

Kirschenbaum — On May 24, Minnesota enacted the Commerce and Consumer Protection Omnibus Bill, Senate File 2744 ( SF 2744 ), which significantly expands the state’s existing drug pricing activities with serious implications for all drug manufacturers, and particularly generic drug manufacturers. We address each below.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MARCH 4, 2024

By Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert & Deborah L. Since the enactment of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) in 2012, manufacturers have been required to notify FDA of product changes affecting certain finished drugs and biological products.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Gaulkin — In May 2023, we posted about a CMS proposed regulation that sought to make a wide variety of changes to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP), including a new “price verification survey,” and a controversial proposal to require “stacking” of discounts to different customers when determining best price. See 42 U.S.C.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Houck — Separate decisions by federal district courts in Texas and Puerto Rico in the past two months provide cautionary tales for every pharmacy and wholesale distributor dispensing or distributing controlled substances. This post examines the Zarzamora pharmacy and prescribing red flags decision. d/b/a CVS/Pharmacy, Nos.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

AUGUST 8, 2024

With apologies to Curtis Mayfield) By the close of the public comment period for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (“DEA’s”) proposal to reschedule marijuana two weeks ago, the agency had received over 43,500 comments. Some states have authorities that regulate marijuana exclusively. 53,767 (Aug.

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Agency IQ

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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Agency IQ

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. December also typically brings end-of-year perspectives on the agency’s accomplishments.

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Agency IQ

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. There are as many PDUFA dates in November and December as we’ve seen all year.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JUNE 2, 2023

Kirschenbaum — Last Friday, May 26, CMS published in the Federal Register an assortment of proposals to change the regulations governing the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. Most are new or revised definitions and administrative changes, but several proposals represent new policies that should be of concern to drug manufacturers.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

OCTOBER 9, 2023

To help patients afford the copays and deductibles for specific medications, some drug manufacturers offer direct financial assistance, often as coupons, to subsidize the patient’s purchase of the drug at the point of sale. We previously blogged about this lawsuit last year.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Conditions for Coverage after January 1, 2025: Any manufacturer that wishes to have its applicable drugs covered under Medicare Part D after January 1, 2025 (“participating manufacturers”) must execute a Discount Program agreement with CMS by March 1, 2024. Non-applicable drugs (e.g.,

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Agency IQ

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. This list is known as the FDA’s “guidance agenda.”

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Agency IQ

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

If you’re looking for something specific, we recommend using the search function in your browser (Ctrl-F) to look for keywords of interest. Priority A List.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MARCH 27, 2023

Baumhardt, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — The Unique Device Identification (UDI) System final rule requires all medical devices to bear a unique numeric or alphanumeric code in easily readable plain-text and machine-readable form. retail stores, pharmacies, and payors) are ready for the UDI transition by September 24, 2023.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JUNE 23, 2024

Palmer — For more than 50 years, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has enforced the central mandate of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to maintain a closed chain of distribution for drugs with a potential for abuse and diversion. Gilbert & Karla L. 2] Why is this an issue? the “ultimate user”).

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