Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 18, 2023

IntelGenx Corp announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company’s Rizafilm VersaFilm new drug application (NDA) for the treatment of acute migraine. Rizafilm, the US market name for Rizaport outside of the US, is administered via an oral soluble film.

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Pharmacy Checkers

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Sure enough, ConsumerLab.com discovered that the 300mg version was clearly not bioequivalent. Several years later, the FDA ordered bioequivalence tests and finally, through those results, which found, like ConsumerLab.com did, that the People’s Pharmacy was right, and forced the drug off the market.

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The Pharma Data

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

This approval expands Biogen’s industry-leading portfolio of MS treatments, which also includes the subcutaneous (SC) administration of Plegridy, and follows the European Commission’s marketing authorization for the IM administration in December 2020. “At Related Articles: Plegridy (peginterferon beta-1a) FDA Approval History.

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Camargo

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

When the FDA requires a product’s labeling to include a boxed warning (also called a “black box warning” because the text is surrounded by black border), the potential market value of the drug often drops severely. Unpacking the (Black) Box: Antares Licenses Urology Product with Boxed Warning.

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Delveinsight

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

According to the CDC, in 2018, tobacco companies spent over USD 9 Billion in just promoting and marketing their cigars and cigarettes in the US. Fortunately, there exists FDA-approved therapies and drugs that double the success rates of quitting. Smoking Cessation: What are the drugs available in the market?

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Amphastar’s newly approved synthetic peptide product was determined by the FDA to be bioequivalent and therapeutically equivalent to Eli Lilly’s Glucagon Emergency Kit for Low Blood Sugar, which has a recombinant DNA (rDNA)-origin. This market information is based on IQVIA data for the 12 months ended September 30, 2020.

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Camargo

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Both the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and its Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) have regulatory responsibility for therapeutic biological products, which are subject to both the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic (FD & C) Act and the Public Health Service (PHS) Act.

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