Track-And-Trace Insufficient For Biosimilar Pharmacovigilance, Brand Companies Say

A Johnson & Johnson citizen petition lays out the company’s case for individual non-proprietary names for biologics and each of their biosimilars, citing the risk of inappropriate substitution.

The track-and-trace system created by the Drug Quality and Security Act will not provide biosimilars with identifiers that can substitute for unique non-proprietary names, Johnson & Johnson Chief Biotechnology Officer and Head of Scientific Strategy and Policy Jay Siegel argues.

J&J filed a citizen petition Jan. 8 asking FDA to give biosimilars non-proprietary names “that are similar to, but not the same as, those of their reference products or of other biosimilars

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