FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The FTC expressed concern that patent listings that do not meet the statutory criteria undermine the competitive process, may disincentivize investment in developing generic and follow-on products, and reduce patient access to more affordable drugs thereby increasing costs to the healthcare system.

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The Pharma Data

JULY 8, 2021

With a global network of R&D facilities, manufacturing sites and marketing subsidiaries, we strive to realize our hhc philosophy by delivering innovative products to target diseases with high unmet medical needs, with a particular focus in our strategic areas of Neurology and Oncology.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JUNE 27, 2023

Amongst his accomplishments, Law360 considered the role James has played in leveraging little-used pathways to FDA approval for often first-ever drugs to treat rare diseases (e.g., Duchenne, Friederichs’s Ataxia, Sickle Cell Disease, Chagas, ALS).

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MARCH 3, 2024

Biotechnology equipment includes genetic sequencers, mass spectrometers, polymerase chain reaction machines or any other equipment, components or accessories designed for the research, development, product, or analysis of biological materials as well as any software, firmware, or other digital components.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has approved its Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) for Glucagon for Injection Emergency Kit, 1 mg. Jack Zhang, commented: “This approval is yet another milestone for the Company and marks the first-ever FDA approval of a generic version of rDNA Glucagon.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

156, a patent may be extended only once (even if it would be eligible for extension on more than one occasion because it applies to several FDA-approved products), and only one patent may be extended for each regulatory review period. FDA-2020-E-1840 (July 13, 2020). To that end, 35 U.S.C. § 156(c)(4) 351, 355-56 (1985).

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

APRIL 21, 2024

For purposes of determining the date on which a product receives permission under the second sentence of this paragraph, if such permission is transmitted after 4:30 P.M., Usually at this point in a post we would identify the date of approval of the relevant NDA. That’s important, because PTE applications for U.S.

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The Pharma Data

MAY 2, 2022

Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D, Inc. NYSE and TASE: TEVA), have reached an agreement with Lupin to resolve the dispute over Lupin’s Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) for a generic deutetrabenazine product. AUSTEDO is the first and only vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) inhibitor approved by the U.S.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Won will share his expertise and insights on the intricacies of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations pertaining to medical devices, with a special focus on class II and class III hearing devices. The comprehensive agenda for the symposium can be accessed in its entirety here.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JANUARY 4, 2024

This unique forum, designed for in-house counsel and executives, as well as private practice attorneys working for the OTC drug industry will provide invaluable insights on FDA’s most recent directives and compliance standards governing OTC drug production, marketing and distribution.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JANUARY 18, 2024

We blogged about CVM last week and explained the increasing attention to animal health products due to the expansion of the animal and pet product market. District Court challenging FDA’s plan to remove their products from the market. Specifically, FDA is looking to remove a drug called carbadox from the market.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MARCH 26, 2024

Late last week, the FTC submitted an Amicus Brief in recent Hatch-Waxman patent litigation in the District Court of New Jersey between Reference Listed Drug holder Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D Inc. Because a “drug product” is defined by regulation as a “Finished dosage form.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JULY 5, 2023

As a reminder, in Title I of the 2013 Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA) (the Compounding Quality Act), Congress created the “outsourcing facility” FDA registration category, and set forth statutory parameters for their operation in new section 503B of the FDCA. See 21 U.S.C. Section II at 2.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

156, as added by the 1984 Hatch-Waxman Amendments, for certain FDA-regulated products. The use of a surrogate endpoint can considerably shorten the time required prior to receiving FDA approval. Karst — Earlier this week, we posted Part 1 of our three-part series on U.S.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MAY 15, 2023

States frequently review labels (and labeling) for animal food products. Part of this review involves the status of the ingredients included in the product. The AAFCO OP includes FDA approved feed and color additives, substances that are subject to GRAS notifications (AGRNs), etc.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

AUGUST 12, 2024

Koblitz — In the world of patent term extensions, every day considered part of the regulatory review period is important, as that day—either in whole or in part—gets added back to the patent upon approval of the product. As background, under the PTE statute at 35 U.S.C. §

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

APRIL 30, 2023

1067, the “ Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2023 ,” and it would fundamentally transform the playing field for NDA, ANDA, BLA, and aBLA applicants seeking to preserve their rights in the wake of an adverse FDA approval decision. That bill is S. Indeed, that appears to be the precise objective of these provisions in S.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

AUGUST 17, 2023

FDA-2023-P-0313 and FDA-2023-P-0344 ) regarding its product Hetlioz (tasimelteon). Vanda requested that FDA revoke the approval of Apotex’s and Teva’s generic versions of Hetlioz on the grounds that the generic tasimelteon products did not meet the statutory “same labeling” requirement for generic drugs found in 21 U.S.C. §

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JULY 24, 2023

Specifically, FDA determined that Avadel’s Lumryz can “break” Jazz’s ODE because it is “clinically superior” based on Lumryz’s “major contribution to patient care,” rendering it not “the same drug” under the Orphan Drug Act. Jazz argues, essentially, that the change in position was the product of a pressure campaign within the Agency.

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Agency IQ

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

BY ALEXANDER GAFFNEY, MS, RAC SEP 11, 2023 6:44 PM CDT Regulatory background: User fees and over-the-counter (OTC) drug reform Quick background: The FDA collects user fees as part of an essential bargain between regulators and industry. Industry wants its products reviewed quickly, efficiently and predictably.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MARCH 12, 2024

Koblitz — After years of silence from FDA on whether certain patents could be listed in the Orange Book, some manufacturers of drug and device combination products have had a rude awakening lately.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 27, 2020

This year has been difficult, but it has reinforced the importance of our mission: to treat and potentially even reverse the effects of serious diseases and conditions by advancing our novel cell therapy product candidates through clinical trials and into the hands of physicians.

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AUGUST 1, 2021

Percent on an Operational Basis, Due to Biosimilar Competition; Global Skyrizi Net Revenues Were $674 Million; Global Rinvoq Net Revenues Were $378 Million – Second-Quarter Global Net Revenues from the Hematologic Oncology Portfolio Were $1.816 Billion, an Increase of 14.1 percent on an operational basis, due to biosimilar competition.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

AUGUST 16, 2023

As Breztri has been approved for just over 3 years, this is not launch material for a newly approved drug, nor is it a product that has been the subject of previous compliance letters and the promotion is not a “far-reaching” campaign. This seems to suggest that FDA expects this type of outcome claim to be included in labeling.

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The Pharma Data

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. Refer to the Key Product Revenues schedules for further details. Percent on a Reported Basis, or 12.5

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Net product sales were $1,588.3 SOLIRIS net product sales were $1,042.3 ULTOMIRIS net product sales were $289.3 ULTOMIRIS net product sales were $289.3 STRENSIQ net product sales were $189.4 KANUMA net product sales were $28.4 ANDEXXA/ONDEXXYA net product sales were $38.9 million , compared to $990.5

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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.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MARCH 29, 2023

Richardson — Early on March 29, 2023, FDA announced the landmark approval of Narcan (naloxone hydrochloride) Nasal Spray for use as a nonprescription opioid overdose reversal agent. However, additional naloxone products will remain prescription drugs. launch would be in early 2024. How “accessible” will OTC naloxone really be?

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Agency IQ

OCTOBER 6, 2023

As such, it doesn’t review things like vaccines, blood products or gene therapies – those products are instead reviewed by CBER. All products are received in one of two forms: A New Drug Application (or NDA, for pharmaceuticals) or a Biologics License Application (BLA, for biologics).

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The Pharma Data

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

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

AUGUST 21, 2023

Livornese — I saw the sign…and the answer is no—FDA-approved labeling apparently is not enough under state failure-to-warn laws, according to certain courts. Brand drugs, generic drugs, and medical devices alike have all been the target of state failure-to-warn litigation; in a recent case, OTC acetaminophen is the target.

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 3, 2021

Product sales increased 3% globally, driven by double digit volume growth across a number of our products including Prolia ® (denosumab), Repatha ® (evolocumab) and our biosimilar products MVASI ® (bevacizumab-awwb) and KANJINTI ® (trastuzumab-anns). Product Sales Performance. driven by the write-off of $1.5

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Agency IQ

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 Law Blog: Biosimilars

JANUARY 18, 2024

Rescheduling Analyses, 2016 DEA noted in 2016 that a drug had a currently accepted medical use for purposes of the CSA if it was the subject of an approved new drug application (“NDA”) under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. FDA, Basis for the Recommendation to Reschedule Marijuana Into Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, 3.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

AUGUST 7, 2024

Each of these issues, says Novartis, “independently renders the agency’s decision unlawful, and invalidates the agency’s approval of the MSN product.” FDA and intervenor MSN vehemently defend FDA’s approval here. That’s precisely what FDA did here when it approved the modified label.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MAY 11, 2023

If an FDA-approved carve-out could support an intent to induce infringement claim, the use of the “section viii pathway would be substantially deterred.”

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Agency IQ

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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