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Keeping Your Company’s Federal Contracting Options Safe in the Face of Pending BIOSECURE Act Legislation

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

The Act is intended to address national security concerns by prohibiting certain conduct by regulated industry. In this regard we note that Medicaid is described in federal regulations as “Federal grants to States for medical assistance.” See, e.g., 42 CFR § 430.0.

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What FDA’s Newest Gene Therapy Approval Tells Us About Durability: How Long is Long Enough?

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

Valentine — On November 22, 2022, FDA approved CSL Behring’s BLA for Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec), an AAV-based gene therapy for the treatment of adults with Hemophilia B who currently use Factor IX prophylaxis therapy, have current or historical life-threatening hemorrhage, or have repeated, serious spontaneous bleeding episodes.

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Drug labeling authority, UDI program reviewed by Harvard-based researchers

The Pharma Data

These initiatives could support insurance coverage of previously off-label uses, prevent costly new drugs from inappropriately receiving preferential regulatory treatment that is intended for drugs with no FDA-approved alternatives, and better inform clinicians by providing evidence-based information about how drugs should be used,” they noted. .

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Article FDA Thank You In a new final rule, FDA carves out a regulatory niche for medical gases

Agency IQ

In a new final rule, FDA carves out a regulatory niche for medical gases Industry has been lobbying FDA and Congress to regulate medical gases different from other types of drug products since the 1970s. It also proposed several packaging changes to safeguard against misidentification.

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Successful Applications of Real-World Data and Real-World Evidence in Rare Disease Programs

The Premier Consulting Blog

The treatment had been granted breakthrough therapy designation, but FDA approval would ultimately rest on the sponsor’s ability to demonstrate clinically meaningful improvement. The FDA also granted a second meeting for review. The agency encouraged further review of the data for potential reference as a historical control.

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FDA Denies Vanda’s Citizen Petitions Regarding the Need for Braille Labeling for Tasimelteon Generics

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

This statutory provision requires generic drugs to have the same labeling as that approved for the listed drug “except for changes required because of differences approved under a [suitability petition, allowing for certain differences] or because the new drug and the listed drug are produced or distributed by different manufacturers.”

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FDA Sort-of Commits to Meet with Generic Drug Manufacturers that Have Received Warning Letters

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Food and Drug Administration – labeled an “Official Action Indicated” classification – is generally devastating for the facility, not least because it can stall FDA approval of applications to market drugs manufactured at the facility. Farquhar — A drug manufacturer’s bad post-inspection grade from the U.S.

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