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Can you trust Turkey-approved Alipza? Is it the same as U.S.-Approved Livalo?

Pharmacy Checkers

This post is mostly a story about a very well manufactured, safe and effective, foreign version of an FDA-approved drug. These drugs are normally far less expensive than the FDA-approved version sold in the U.S. John wanted to know if these prices were for the “same” drug. Let’s call him John.

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Top 30 Pharma and Biotech Companies in 2023: Statistics and Trends

XTalks

Most of the company’s revenue comes from the manufacture and sale of biopharmaceutical products. Paxlovid was first authorized under the FDA Emergency Use Authorization in December 2021 ; however, it has received FDA approval on May 25, 2023. The FDA approved the drug over a decade ago in September 2009.

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Here It Goes, Here It Goes, Here It Goes Again: The Build Back Better Act (Redux)

FDA Law Blog

If a drug that has been approved for 12 years—but less than 16 years—is selected for the Drug Price Negotiation Program, a biosimilar manufacturer can request a one-year moratorium on negotiations for that product so that the biosimilar manufacturer has time to secure licensure and begin marketing of the biosimilar version.

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Through the Looking Glass: Is FDA really the “Gold Standard” in Drug Safety?

Pharmacy Checkers

Testimony this week by the Government Accountability Office before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations about the FDA’s potential failures to protect the public health may not take you into such a totally lopsided universe, but it shows that things may not be so golden. and the EU are very similar.

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FDA Drafts Guidance to Allow Lower-Cost Foreign Drug Imports From Any Country

Pharmacy Checkers

It doesn’t relate – at least not directly – to personal drug importation, but it frees the hands of drug companies to sell their own foreign versions of FDA-approved drugs at lower prices in the U.S. Its indirect relation to personal drug importation is noted at the end of this post. This is surprising.

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PFIZER REPORTS STRONG FIRST-QUARTER 2021 RESULTS

The Pharma Data

Following the completion of the spin-off of the Upjohn Business (4) in the fourth quarter of 2020, Pfizer now operates as a focused innovative biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development, manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution of biopharmaceutical products worldwide. down 7%, which reflects relatively stable U.S.

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Exforge antitrust settlement caps Novartis’ year of legal disputes

Pharmaceutical Technology

In 2020, the Federal Trade Commission issued a report regarding settlements reached between brand and generic manufacturers in FY 2017 and noted that “for the first time since [FY] 2004, no settlement agreement in [FY] 2017 contains a no-[authorized generic] AG commitment.”. Gilenya legal drama.

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