Biological Product Suffix Submissions Limited To 10 Candidates By US FDA

Increasing cap on number suffixs that sponsors can submit from three to 10 will increase review efficiency, agency says, but evaluation will still stop after finding first acceptable suffix as part of final guidance on distinguishable nonproprietary names for novel biological products and biosimilars.

The US FDA’s plan to have sponsors submit up to 10 proposed suffixes for a biological product’s distinguishable nonproprietary name should reduce the review burden on agency staff while also helping to ensure that a company gets one of its preferred suffixes approved instead of having the agency assign one.

In a final guidance released Jan

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