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In the News: October Regulatory and Development Updates

Camargo

Labeling regulations prohibit reminder ads for products with boxed warnings, which the FDA requires when a drug product has very serious risks. The generic drug must also have the same labeling as the RLD (except for differences permitted under the Agency regulations).

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Quality by design with a focus on biosimilars

Pharmaceutical Technology

To demonstrate bioequivalence for a generic small molecule drug, a company must carry out a Phase I clinical trial in healthy individuals to ensure that the area under the curve and maximum plasma concentration for their drug is equivalent to that of the brand name drug. For biosimilars, however, this process is slightly more complex.

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FDA Knows Its Own Strength—and It Includes Concentration

FDA Law Blog

314.3 , codified in 2016, which defines strength as the “ total quantity of drug substance in mass or units of activity in a dosage unit or container closure” and/or “the concentration of the drug substance.” FDA explained that its bioequivalence regulations at 21 C.F.R. FDA borrowed this definition from 21 C.F.R.

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Biologic Therapeutics Development, Part 2: Regulatory Pathways and Pharmacometric Analysis

Camargo

The regulations regarding BLAs for therapeutic biological products are included in 21 CFR parts 600 , 601 , and 610. An application submitted under 351(a), also known as a “stand-alone” application, must contain all safety and effectiveness information for a biological product and cannot depend on any other biological product.

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The Mesh of the Generics and the Potential of Emerging Therapies in the Smoking Cessation Market

Delveinsight

The USFDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research regulates and ensures the safety and effectiveness of these products. Some of these approved products contain nicotine as an active ingredient, while others do not. Quitting smoking is an arduous, exhausting process. However, it is possible.

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Novartis announces NEJM publication of Phase III ASCLEPIOS trials demonstrating superior efficacy of ofatumumab in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis

The Pharma Data

Disclaimer This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Onset of B-cell depletion with subcutaneous administration of ofatumumab in relapsing multiple sclerosis: results from the APLIOS bioequivalence study. J Neurol Sci.

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