Drug Channels

OCTOBER 23, 2023

With regulation and policy changes, specifically surrounding the DCSCA, IRA and serialization, the loss of exclusivity wave, adoption of low-WAC products affecting GTN and the rise of alternative distribution models, there has never been a more important time for industry to unite. What can you expect?

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JUNE 27, 2024

DEA recently revoked the registration of Coconut Grove Pharmacy (“Coconut Grove”), like Gulf Med Pharmacy also in Florida, for its failure to resolve prescribing red flags and document such resolution. Coconut Grove Pharmacy; Decision and Order, 89 Fed. Gulf Med Pharmacy; Decision and Order, 86 Fed. 72,694, 72,703 (Dec.

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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

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

MAY 16, 2024

But there has been a recent string of large civil monetary settlements, some in the millions of dollars, to resolve allegations that hospitals’ non-compliance with the federal Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) and DEA regulations allowed employees to divert staggering quantities of controlled substances.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JULY 31, 2023

Three years after that letter, DEA proposed a rule to amend its regulations consistent with CARA on December 20, 2020. Now, in July 2023, DEA has finally issued its final rule amending its regulations for partial filling of prescriptions for schedule II substances. 78,282 (Dec. 46,983 (July 21, 2023). b)(5)(i)). (2)

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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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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 29, 2023

What of the increased possibilities for ‘replacement pharmacy compounding’ for weekly hospital supplies, and for routine manufacturing of cell and gene therapies without a marketing authorisation? He pointed out that Europe was the first region to approve biosimilars.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JANUARY 22, 2024

The tools it uses to accomplish that mission include those designed to help regulated entities that want to follow best public health practices, like guidances, public notifications, and requests for information. This is another area in which FDA works with industry to try to ensure voluntary compliance from regulated entities.

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Agency IQ

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Under the FDA’s Good Guidance Practices regulation at 21 CFR 10.115 , the agency is required to annually publish “a list of possible topics for future guidance document development or revision during the next year.” Our review found that CDER is planning several notable new guidances, including one on artificial intelligence.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This financial assistance directs the pharmacy to bill all or part of the patient’s copayment obligations to the manufacturer instead of the patient. The ACA sets an annual cap on the amount that insurers can require insured individuals to pay out of pocket for their medical expenses.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MAY 13, 2024

Gibbs & Ana Loloei & Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — FDA has long touted the use of real-world evidence ( RWE ). RWD can be collected from a wide range of sources, such as electronic health records, registries, administrative claims, pharmacy data, and feedback from wearables and mobile technology.

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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.

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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.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JUNE 16, 2023

Prohibition on Excessive Price Increases The law prohibits manufacturers from imposing or causing to be imposed an “excessive price increase,” whether directly or through a wholesale distributor, pharmacy, or similar intermediary, on the sale of any generic or off-patent drug sold or dispensed to any consumer in the state.

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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.

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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. It is not our purpose to describe all of the nearly 20 changes proposed in this regulation, but the most noteworthy are described below, roughly in order of importance.

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Agency IQ

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In other cases, the FDA is under no obligation to release a document at any time, but is instead developing the document on its own accord. We have tried to sort guidance documents by topic area.

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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

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Manufacturers must also ensure that all electronic FDA listings and all NDC listings with the electronic database vendors used to process pharmacy claims, including information about discontinued drugs, are up to date for all applicable drug and selected drug NDCs. 1395w-114c(b)(4)(B)(i).

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MARCH 4, 2024

By Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert & Deborah L. By actively updating the information related to shortages, FDA intends to allow the public and prescribers to develop alternative treatment plans before learning a prescription cannot be filled at the pharmacy when there is a supply issue.

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