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Oncology biosimilar case studies: rituximab biosimilars

Pharmaceutical Technology

Rituxan received its first FDA approval in 1997 for the treatment of B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (B-NHL) and reached peak global sales of $7.5bn in 2014. Rituxan’s success made it a prime target for biosimilar developers. Globally, the first rituximab biosimilar, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories’ Reditux, was approved in India in 2007.

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Waters, as a strategic partner to the pharma industry, can help India become a world leader in biosimilars

Express Pharma

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an average of 43 drugs in 2014-18, compared to an average of 23 in the first decade of the century. The biosimilar market in India is estimated to grow at 22 per cent CAGR to become $12 billion by 2025.

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DEA Regs Bulk Up with 2014 Anabolic Steroid Control Law Additions

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Because anabolic steroids are also abused to enhance athletic performance and increase muscle strength, Congress has enacted three laws regulating anabolic steroids: the Anabolic Steroid Control Acts of 1990 and 2004, and the Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2014 (“DASCA”). DASCA became law, amending the CSA, on December 18, 2014.

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September 2023 Newsletter

Safe Biologics

6 “The Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act”, which would prevent the HHS Secretary from requiring switching studies in order for a biosimilar to be deemed “interchangeable” Under U.S. state law, only biosimilars which are interchangeable may be substituted by a pharmacist without contacting the prescriber.

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The Issue with Reissue: PTE Edition

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

In the generic filers view, the regulatory review period should have started in January 2014 when the patent was reissued rather than in April 2004, when the IND was opened, because the reissued patent did not exist in April 2004. The plain text of 35 U.S.C.

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Interchangeability of biosimilars in the EU – the industry impact

European Pharmaceutical Review

A biosimilar is a biological medicine ‘similar’ to another biological medicine already approved in the EU (the ‘reference medicine’). 1 However, as most biosimilars are developed by means of a complex biotechnological process in living organisms, this inevitably leads to differences between the biosimilar and the reference product.

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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

The Tropical Disease PRV program was born the very next year as part of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA) and expanded in 2014 , which experts heralded as a game-changer for tropical disease therapies.