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Development of Generic Drug Products by Pharmaceutical Industries Considering Regulatory Aspects: A Review

Drug Patent Watch

International License Abstract Development of generic drug product…. The post Development of Generic Drug Products by Pharmaceutical Industries Considering Regulatory Aspects: A Review appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions. This paper was originally published by Md.

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Biosimilars vs. Interchangeable Biological Products: FDA Fact Check

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While the approval pathway for biosimilar products was established 12 years ago, there are still misconceptions about how biosimilars are approved, biosimilarity versus interchangeable status and which patients can be treated with biosimilars. Biosimilars are the “genericdrugs of the biopharma world. What is a Biosimilar?

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Should we be worried about pharma’s supply chain?

World of DTC Marketing

A blood-thinning agent, heparin, had been adulterated due to the product license holder (Baxter) procuring a toxic substance that had been illegally substituted for the genuine registered material. The adulterated product was found to have caused nine patient deaths and 574 serious adverse events (SAEs).

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In the News: October Regulatory and Development Updates

Camargo

Unpacking the (Black) Box: Antares Licenses Urology Product with Boxed Warning. When the FDA requires a product’s labeling to include a boxed warning (also called a “black box warning” because the text is surrounded by black border), the potential market value of the drug often drops severely. In October, the U.S.

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FDA Knows Its Own Strength—and It Includes Concentration

FDA Law Blog

Relevant here, FDA interpreted in Guidance that a proposed injectable biosimilar must “demonstrate that its product has the same strength as the reference product by demonstrating that both products have the same total content of drug substance (in mass or units of activity) and the same concentration of drug substance.”

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FDA Inspections Back Up To Speed (Except Those Now Deemed Unnecessary)

FDA Law Blog

These are called Pre-Approval Inspections, and, when COVID difficulties would otherwise delay inspections leading to drug approvals, numerous applicants have struggled with trying to expedite these inspections, or to convince FDA that the PAIs are unnecessary.

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What’s in a name? FDA Calls out Amgen for Misdirection

FDA Law Blog

As part of its initiatives on this front, FDA issued a Draft Guidance in February 2020 on Promotional Labeling and Advertising Considerations for Prescription Biological Reference and Biosimilar Products (Biologics Promotional Guidance). It likewise does not support conclusions about any other FDA-licensed pegfilgrastim products.