Pharma in Brief

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The Notice advises that if an innovative drug is categorized as “Dormant” in Health Canada’s Drug Product Database, then a generic manufacturer can compare its drug against an alternate CRP, which could include another generic drug, when filing an Abbreviated New Drug Submission ( ANDS ).

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Camargo

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Presumably, Antares’ long-established 90-person urology sales force can achieve pull-thru of this drug product. Labeling regulations prohibit reminder ads for products with boxed warnings, which the FDA requires when a drug product has very serious risks.

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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. Glucagon is indicated for the treatment of severe hypoglycemia and is also used as a diagnostic aid.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

In order to fact-check some of these misconceptions, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently hosted a webinar on biosimilar and interchangeable biological products to help healthcare professionals understand more about these treatment options. Biosimilars are the “generic” drugs of the biopharma world.

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