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

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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

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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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Sandoz bulks up ahead of possible sale with Coalesce buy

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Cambridge, UK-based Coalesce, first formed in 2009 primarily as a contract services business, changed direction in 2014 to develop its own, in-house inhaler technologies. The post Sandoz bulks up ahead of possible sale with Coalesce buy appeared first on.

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FDA Knows Its Own Strength—and It Includes Concentration

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

This of course, make sense—after decades of experience implementing the Hatch-Waxman, Congress and FDA had learned a few new tricks by 2009/2010. Specifically, Boehringer asked FDA to interpret “strength” for biosimilars to mean “total drug content” to the exclusion of “concentration.” mg) and the concentration (e.g.,