FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MARCH 29, 2023

Emergent will need time to manufacture and distribute NNS with the new OTC labeling, so the public should not expect to be able to walk into their local pharmacy and grab a box off the shelf in the coming days. According to this announcement, FDA approval of RiVive is anticipated in July 2023 and the U.S.

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Drug Target Review

MARCH 12, 2024

Scientists from the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California San Diego have discovered thousands of bile acids. The study’s findings offer new insights into the biochemical language microbes use to influence distant organ systems, which could revolutionise the way researchers approach disease.

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National Institute on Drug Abuse: Nora's Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Opioid use disorder is treatable with one of the three FDA approved medications, buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone, but currently only 18% of people who could benefit from these drugs receive them. People in rural communities may have particular difficulty accessing care. Most of the fatal overdoses each year involve opioids.

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The Pharma Data

MAY 13, 2021

‘More Amazon and less pharmacy’: one exec on the company’s strategy for prescription drugs ( STAT ). ICER, Accelerated Approval And The Payer Voice At The US FDA ( Pink Sheet ). ‘Imminent’ Generic Approvals Expected To Help US FDA Meet On-Time Review Metric Retroactively ( Pink Sheet ).

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The Pharma Data

APRIL 4, 2023

Both tablet strengths are available via prescription through existing specialty pharmacy networks. Food and Administration (FDA) approval for nmCRPC in February 2018, and received U.S. FDA approval for mCSPC in September 2019.To ERLEADA ® received U.S.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

OCTOBER 29, 2023

With this guidance, the Departments decided to reference the 2019 HRSA Guideline rather than the FDA Birth Control Guide for the range of identified categories of contraception (FAQ Part 54, Q2), stating that plans and issuers must cover without cost sharing at least one form of contraception in each category.

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Agency IQ

MARCH 25, 2024

FDA addressed the expanding practice of drug compounding in 1992 by issuing a compliance policy guide that clarified that pharmacies which compounded products at certain scales, for certain purposes, or without FDA approval were clearly operating “outside the bounds of traditional pharmacy practice.”

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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. Draft Guidance III.B.2(e)

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 14, 2023

Wherry’s award lecture will be held on Monday April 17 at 3:30pm ET. M Celeste Simon, PhD, FAACR – GHA Clowes Award for Outstanding Basic Cancer Research Simon, a Fellow of the AACR Academy, is the Arthur H Rubenstein, MBBCh, Professor in Cell and Developmental Biology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Advarra

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Pharmacy manual. Approval letter from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), including investigational device exemption (IDE) devices. FDA-approved IDE devices may be deemed qualifying under the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 14. Optional Documents. Clinical trial agreement. Lab manual.

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Agency IQ

JANUARY 26, 2024

Such a situation is commonplace in the clinical trial realm, in which investigational drug products which are not already FDA approved are administered to patients. Under the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013 (PAHPRA) , the FDA also has some authority to extend MCM expiration dates.

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Agency IQ

JUNE 17, 2024

As reported by POLITICO , “The decision — if allowed by the Supreme Court to take effect — would roll back actions the federal government has taken since 2016 to make the pills more accessible, including rules allowing online ordering, mail delivery, and pharmacy dispensing of the drugs.

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The Pharma Data

MAY 7, 2021

Adcomm splits slightly in favor of FDA approving ChemoCentryx’s rare disease drug ( Endpoints ). WHO approves emergency use of China’s Sinopharm Covid vaccine ( FT ). AZ’ Tagrisso first to win MHRA approval under Project Orbis ( PharmaTimes ) ( Pink Sheet ) ( MHRA ).

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The stability at refrigerated conditions allows for storage at most pharmacies, hospitals, or physicians’ offices. No Dilution Required at Vaccination Site: The vaccine will not require onsite dilution or special handling, which facilitates vaccination across a range of settings including pharmacies and physicians’ offices.

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The Pharma Data

MAY 13, 2021

I Have A Doctorate In Pharmacy, But Everything I Learned About Pain Relief In Pharmacy School Is Dead Wrong! Which is how I got into pharmacy — after all, what better way to spend your life than by removing illness from the world. . … And then got my Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.

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Agency IQ

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Until recently, the FDA relied on a monograph process through which firms could bring OTC drugs to market without FDA approval so long as it adhered to pre-set terms under the monograph. CHPA considered the original studies to be sound and instead found issues with the newer studies.

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The Pharma Data

JULY 29, 2021

Under the EUA, inpatient pharmacies in the U.S. See Warnings and Precautions in the FDA-approved full Prescribing Information and Medication Guide for additional information on risks associated with longer-term treatment with baricitinib. It is approved in the U.S. Serious Side Effects.

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Agency IQ

JANUARY 4, 2024

Citizen petitions have raised the alarm regarding benzene in recent years, leading to FDA action Valisure, an analytical pharmacy that first alerted the FDA to concerns associated with nitrosamine impurities , recently set its sights on benzene impurities.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Casirivimab and imdevimab injection is an investigational combination therapy and has been authorized by FDA for the emergency use described above. Casirivimab and imdevimab injection is not FDA approved for any use. REGN-COV2 (casirivimab and imdevimab) FDA Approval History. Source: Regeneron. Source link.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Founded and led for over 30 years by physician-scientists, our unique ability to repeatedly and consistently translate science into medicine has led to eight FDA-approved treatments and numerous product candidates in development, all of which were homegrown in our laboratories.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 24, 2021

The Company owns 80% of Pharmadrug GmbH, a German medical cannabis distributor, with a Schedule I European Union narcotics license and German EuGMP certification allowing for the importation and distribution of medical cannabis to pharmacies in Germany and throughout the EU.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Authorized Emergency Use Casirivimab and imdevimab injection is an investigational combination therapy and has been authorized by FDA for the emergency use described above. Casirivimab and imdevimab injection is not FDA approved for any use. 360bbb-3(b) (1), unless the authorization is terminated or revoked sooner.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 12, 2021

Casirivimab and imdevimab injection is an investigational combination therapy and has been authorized by FDA for the emergency use described above. Casirivimab and imdevimab injection is not FDA approved for any use. 360bbb-3(b) (1), unless the authorization is terminated or revoked sooner.

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Agency IQ

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

FDA is proposing to establish the criteria by which it would evaluate drug products and categories of drug products for inclusion on the list of drug products and categories of drug products that present demonstrable difficulties for compounding under section 503A and/or under section 503B.

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Agency IQ

DECEMBER 1, 2023

FDA is proposing to establish the criteria by which it would evaluate drug products and categories of drug products for inclusion on the list of drug products and categories of drug products that present demonstrable difficulties for compounding under section 503A and/or under section 503B.

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Agency IQ

OCTOBER 27, 2023

FDA is proposing to establish the criteria by which it would evaluate drug products and categories of drug products for inclusion on the list of drug products and categories of drug products that present demonstrable difficulties for compounding under section 503A and/or under section 503B. What ever happened to that thing?

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Agency IQ

JUNE 16, 2023

FDA is proposing to establish the criteria by which it would evaluate drug products and categories of drug products for inclusion on the list of drug products and categories of drug products that present demonstrable difficulties for compounding under section 503A and/or under section 503B.

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Agency IQ

OCTOBER 20, 2023

” Interchangeable products can be substituted for the reference product at the pharmacy level, without prescriber intervention, within state and local regulations. By contrast, a biosimilar product is only “highly similar to and has no clinically meaningful differences in terms of safety, purity, and potency.”

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 29, 2020

AUTHORIZED USE AND IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION Authorized Emergency Use Casirivimab and imdevimab injection is an investigational combination therapy and has been authorized by FDA for the emergency use described above. Casirivimab and imdevimab injection is not FDA approved for any use.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Founded and led for 30 years by physician-scientists, our unique ability to repeatedly and consistently translate science into medicine has led to eight FDA-approved treatments and numerous product candidates in development, all of which were homegrown in our laboratories.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Casirivimab and imdevimab injection (REGEN-COV2) is an investigational combination therapy and has been authorized by FDA for the emergency use described above. Casirivimab and imdevimab injection is not FDA approved for any use. 360bbb-3(b) (1), unless the authorization is terminated or revoked sooner.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

FDA accepted for priority review Libtayo ® (cemiplimab-rwlc) for both advanced non-small cell lung cancer and basal cell carcinoma. FDA approved Inmazeb for Ebola ( Zaire ebolavirus). REGN-COV2 trial in the COVID-19 outpatient setting met primary and key secondary endpoints. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

Founded and led for over 30 years by physician-scientists, our unique ability to repeatedly and consistently translate science into medicine has led to eight FDA-approved treatments and numerous product candidates in development, all of which were homegrown in our laboratories.

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Drug & Device Law

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The FDA requires real science for warnings; thus it had not mandated any warning remotely resembling Prop 65. The plaintiff failed to identify any method by which a generic (or any other) drug manufacturer could add a Prop 65 warning without deviating from FDA-approved labeling, thereby violating federal law. Preemption.

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Drug & Device Law

JULY 24, 2023

the relationship between [plaintiff] and its pharmacy benefit manager. . . Apparently, massive loss of evidence was merely a “usual and customary service” of pharmacy benefit mangers nationwide. According to Plaintiffs’ expert. . ., is typical of such relationships in the United States, and it includes usual and customary services.

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Drug & Device Law

JANUARY 4, 2024

The Complaint further alleges that data collected and submitted in support of full (as opposed to emergency use) FDA approval demonstrated the misleading nature of earlier statements. The FDA, however, did not and does not share that belief. FDA (8/23/21) press release (emphasis original). Health & Safety C.

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Drug & Device Law

MAY 26, 2023

A hundred years later, we detailed three rounds of litigation over Massachusetts’ serial efforts to ban, or at least substantially limit, the use of FDA-approved pain medications. For instance, Sorsaia primarily involves a challenge to a state trying to prevent in-state use of an FDA-approved drug for its FDA-approved use.

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