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Opinion: STAT+: The problem with potential changes to the biosimilar regulatory framework

STAT

Biosimilars are no longer a new and untested class of medicines. Since the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 created a regulatory pathway for biosimilar medicine review in the U.S.,    37 biosimilars  have come to market offering the potential to increase patient choice and cost savings.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Panel tells FDA that CRISPR sickle cell therapy is safe enough for patients; U.K. is urged to scrap IP demands in trade talks with India

STAT

The FDA approved Amgen’s biosimilar version of Johnson & Johnson’s blockbuster psoriasis treatment, Stelara, for multiple inflammatory diseases , Reuters says. Stelara, introduced in 2009, has been J&J’s top-selling drug since 2019, with sales reaching $9.7 billion in 2022.

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July 2023 Newsletter

Safe Biologics

ASBM & GaBI Webinar on Medicare Price Negotiation Examines Impact on Innovation, Patient Access On July 26th, ASBM and the Generics and Biosimilars Initiative (GaBI) hosted a webinar entitled MEDICARE DRUG PRICE NEGOTIATIONS: Impact on Healthcare Development and Patient Access to Medicines. A biosimilar standard unique to the U.S.,

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EU Committee Recommends Approval of 6 New Biosimilars in July 2024 Meeting

Big Molecule Watch

The products were deemed highly similar to Janssen’s STELARA (ustekinumab), which was authorized in the EU on January 15, 2009. The post EU Committee Recommends Approval of 6 New Biosimilars in July 2024 Meeting appeared first on Big Molecule Watch.

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Driving QbD as a quality standard in drug development

European Pharmaceutical Review

Reviewing implementation of QbD in the pharmaceutical industry To compile the review of Quality by Design in the context of MAAs in Europe, the researchers analysed the implementation of the QbD methodology for all MAAs approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) since the ICH Q8(R2) guideline was adopted in 2009. concluded.

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Decades Later, Congress Continues Debating the Preserve Access to Affordable Generics (and Biosimilars) Act; But will the Recent Jarkesy SCOTUS Decision Finally Put an End to the Insanity?

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Shumsky — As readers of this blog know ( see, e.g. , here ), the Affordable Generics (and Biosimilars) Act has been floating around in Congress for the better part of two decades. The latest iteration of the Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act making its way through Congress is Senator Amy Klobuchar’s (D-MN) S.

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Can the Tropical PRV Have Its Moment (Again?) – Not all Priority Review Vouchers are Created Alike: What the Potential Loss of the Rare Pediatric PRV Could Mean for the Tropical Disease PRV Program

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

In the eleven years from 2009 to the end of 2019, FDA awarded 11 tropical disease PRVs for the development of therapies for diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, dengue, and river blindness. See Table 1. As of the start of 2025, tropical PRVs represent less than 20% of all the PRVs granted.