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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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In the News: October Regulatory and Development Updates

Camargo

In October, Antares Pharma licensed Ferring Pharmaceuticals’ Nocdurna® (desmopressin acetate) sublingual tablet , which was approved in 2018 for the same indication as Noctiva and has a boxed warning highlighting the same risks. Presumably, Antares’ long-established 90-person urology sales force can achieve pull-thru of this drug product.

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FDA Knows Its Own Strength—and It Includes Concentration

FDA Law Blog

FDA borrowed this definition from 21 C.F.R. 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.” mg/mL) for liquid parenteral drug products.

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FDA Denies Vanda’s Citizen Petitions Regarding the Need for Braille Labeling for Tasimelteon Generics

FDA Law Blog

Vanda requested that FDA revoke the approval of Apotex’s and Teva’s generic versions of Hetlioz on the grounds that the generic tasimelteon products did not meet the statutory “same labeling” requirement for generic drugs found in 21 U.S.C. § FDA regulations, at 21 C.F.R. 355(j)(2)(A)(v).

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

FDA Law Blog

Because a “drug product” is defined by regulation as a “Finished dosage form. that contains a drug substance ,” FTC explains that “only those [patents] that claim the finished dosage form containing the drug substance of the relevant NDA” can be listed. Teva’s patents do not meet that criterion.

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Surely You Must be Kidding, PTO?!? “No, and Don’t Call Me Shirley!” – The Seemingly Slapstick (But Yet Unfunny) World of Recent Patent Term Extension Decisions (PART 3. and PART 3½)

FDA Law Blog

156 for certain FDA-regulated products, we know what you were thinking. 156(d) (and the PTO’s PTE regulations at 21 C.F.R. That regulation is pretty clear. Karst — After waiting with bated breath for more than a week since posting spicy Part 1 and Part 2 of our three-part series on recent U.S. 27, 1995); aff’d , 109 F.3d

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

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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? The USFDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research regulates and ensures the safety and effectiveness of these products.