What Will Biosimilar Labeling Look Like? Stakeholders Await FDA Guidance, Approvals

Unknowns include whether labeling will include reference product’s clinical data, and how absence of data for particular indications or populations will be handled; labeling decisions for 351(k) approvals will have important ramifications for advertising and promotion of both the biosimilar and reference product.

As the first biosimilars under the 351(k) pathway make their way through the FDA review process, attention is turning to what product labeling might look like.

Discussion at a recent DIA meeting revealed a host of complicated labeling issues applicable to biosimilar products approved under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act.

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