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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.

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FDA Approves First Generic of Symbicort to Treat Asthma and COPD

The Pharma Data

Agency Supports Development of Complex Generic Drug-Device Combination Product to Improve Competition and Access to More Affordable Medicines. This complex generic drug-device combination product, which is a metered-dose inhaler, should not be used to treat acute asthma attacks. Today, the U.S.

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FTC Continues to Rage Against Device Patent Listings in the Orange Book

FDA Law Blog

Late last week, the FTC submitted an Amicus Brief in recent Hatch-Waxman patent litigation in the District Court of New Jersey between Reference Listed Drug holder Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D Inc. Because a “drug product” is defined by regulation as a “Finished dosage form.

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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. Generics in the Market. Generic medications are the same as the original branded ones, but cheaper.

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Mallinckrodt Receives Court Approval of “First Day” Motions to Support Business Operations

The Pharma Data

The company’s Specialty Brands reportable segment’s areas of focus include autoimmune and rare diseases in specialty areas like neurology, rheumatology, nephrology, pulmonology and ophthalmology; immunotherapy and neonatal respiratory critical care therapies; analgesics and gastrointestinal products. © 2020 10/20.

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Hitting Pause on Criticism of the FDA, Just for Today

Pharmacy Checkers

Wikipedia has an extremely long page aptly called Criticism of the Food and Drug Administration , much of it having to do with its role with prescription drugs, and less so other sectors, such as food, tobacco and cosmetics. . It’s primarily the FDA’s role over drug safety and quality that captures my interest and admiration.”.

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PFIZER REPORTS STRONG FIRST-QUARTER 2021 RESULTS

The Pharma Data

On December 21, 2020, which falls in Pfizer’s international first-quarter 2021, Pfizer and Viatris completed the termination of a pre-existing strategic collaboration between Pfizer and Mylan for generic drugs in Japan (Mylan-Japan collaboration) and Pfizer transferred related operations that were part of the Mylan-Japan collaboration to Viatris.