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In the News: September 2021 Regulatory and Development Updates

Camargo

The expanded use of the INitial Targeted Engagement for Regulatory Advice on CBER/CDER ProducTs (INTERACT) meeting : INTERACT meetings are intended to facilitate IND-enabling efforts where a sponsor is facing a novel, challenging issue that might delay the progress of the product towards entry into the clinic in the absence of this early FDA input.

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When FDA-Approved Generics Fail: Brand Wellbutrin XL Antidepressant is Cheaper from Canada

Pharmacy Checkers

Apparently, the FDA had approved Budeprion XL 300mg after undergoing no actual testing. In fact, they asked ConsumerLab.com, sister company to PharmacyChecker, to test the product. Despite the small but mighty uproar on lack of true generic equivalence, this is the case with Wellbutrin. So, the Graedons spoke up!

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In the News: November Regulatory and Development Updates

Camargo

The FDA’s halt of onsite inspections has created a wealth of problems. Camargo is currently involved with no less than three product applications that are stalled because the FDA is requiring inspections before the application can be approved (assuming a satisfactory outcome). Evergreening Orphan Drugs May Be Over.

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

FDA Law Blog

FDA-2023-P-0313 and FDA-2023-P-0344 ) regarding its product Hetlioz (tasimelteon). 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. §

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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. That word “same” is hard to answer when it comes to prescription drugs.

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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. They are committed to capitalizing on growth opportunities primarily through the advancement of their own product pipeline and constantly improving their existing products, as well as through business development activities.

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

Pharmacy Checkers

The GAO’s preliminary analysis on inspections brings back into light what Katherine Eban so passionately – and dramatically – exposed in her book Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom.” Clearly, the FDA acknowledges the relative strength of the EU on drug safety. and the EU are very similar.

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