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The Biosimilar Landscape: An Overview of Regulatory Approvals by the EMA and FDA

Drug Patent Watch

This article was originally published by Ioana Gherghescu and BegoƱa Delgado-Charro in Pharmaceutics 2021, 13(1) under a Creative Commons Attribution License. The post The Biosimilar Landscape: An Overview of Regulatory Approvals by the EMA and FDA appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Astellas application rejected by FDA; Cytokinetics strikes licensing deal with Bayer

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Elsewhere, former NCI director Ned Sharpless founded a new startup and Novartis licensed another radiopharma drug. The agency turned back Astellas’ attempt to update its drug Izervay’s labeling.

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What you should know about the FDAā€™s Biological License Application Process

Reprocell

The biological license application (BLA) is one of the many requests for marketing approval received by the FDA. Unlike the New Drug Application (NDA) which is usually the go-to submission for chemically synthesized, low molecular weight drugs BLAs grant sponsors the ability to introduce Biologics into interstate commerce.

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OTC Hearing Aids: ā€œNothing to See Hereā€ Says GAO Report

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

FDA once estimated that OTC hearing aids would save patients over $3000.) The category of OTC hearing aids was created by congressional mandate and implemented by FDA to address an ā€œunmet public health need.ā€ This is because ā€œFDA officials and six external stakeholder groups. .

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What Do Patients Have to Say about Gene Therapy Trials? An Upcoming FDA Public Meeting to Hear from Patients and Caregivers

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

Who better than people living with a condition to inform drug companies, physicians, academics, and the FDA on what it is like to live with their condition, what symptoms most impact their lives, what goes into their decision about whether to participate in a clinical trial, and what kind of treatment effects would be most meaningful to them?

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Joint Basis for FDA/HHS Marijuana Rescheduling Recommendation Unveiled

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Houck ā€” In August 2023 the Food and Drug Administration (ā€œFDAā€) and Health and Human Services (ā€œHHSā€) recommended that the Drug Enforcement Administration (ā€œDEAā€) reschedule marijuana from schedule I under the federal Controlled Substances Act (ā€œCSAā€) to schedule III. HHS forwards FDAā€™s analysis and recommendation to DEA. By Larry K.

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FDA Knows Its Own Strengthā€”and It Includes Concentration

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Karst ā€” While the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (ā€œBPCIAā€) is inherently distinct from the Hatch-Waxman Act, many of the fundamental concepts FDA adopted as it enacted the Hatch-Waxman Act made their way into FDAā€™s implementation of the BPCIA. FDA borrowed this definition from 21 C.F.R.

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