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AAM CEO Leonard Departs After Two Years, Creating Another Trade Group Searching For New Leader

 
• By Derrick Gingery

David Gaugh, AAM’s executive VP of sciences and regulatory affairs, was named the interim CEO, making him the fourth person to run the association since February 2020.

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Dan Leonard ran the Association for Accessible Medicines for about two years. • Source: Shutterstock

The generics industry’s primary trade organization is seeking its third CEO is less than three years, continuing its recent history of short leader tenures compared to its brand industry counterparts.

Dan Leonard said in a 5 December statement that he was resigning as president and CEO of the Association for...

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No Surprise Here: Foreign Drug Facilities Should Expect Surprise Inspections, US FDA Says

 
• By Sue Sutter

The FDA's recent announcement of plans to expand unannounced inspections at ex-US facilities should put firms on advance notice that their next foreign facility inspection may not be preannounced, Ivy Sweeney, acting head of the agency's drug inspections office said.

EMA Backs Gilead’s Yeytuo And 13 Other Drugs For EU Approval But Rejects Three

 
• By Eliza Slawther and Neena Brizmohun

The European Medicines Agency’s human medicines committee, the CHMP, has recommended 14 new medicines for pan-EU approval this month, including five orphan medicines.

‘Prescription Drugs Are Not Golf Balls’: FTC/DoJ Solicit Clashing Opinions On Patents

 
• By Urtė Fultinavičiūtė

Innovator drug advocates argued that the number of patents asserted by industry is not too dissimilar to other fields. But should drugs be compared to golf balls?

ANDA User Fees: Complex Generics, Transparency, Communications Are Early Negotiation Targets

 
• By Sue Sutter

Teva seeks a dedicated development program and first-cycle approval metrics for complex generics. Role of artificial intelligence in the generic drug review process is a talking point for both agency and industry at reauthorization kickoff meeting.

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US FDA Will Not Pull Teva And MSN Hetlioz ANDAs, Rejects Vanda Citizen Petitions

 
• By Dean Rudge

The FDA concluded that generic tasimelteon products held by Teva and MSN Labs meet all statutory bioequivalence requirements and there was no “mistake” or untrue statement in the original ANDA approvals.

European Industry Calls For Support As It Juggles Multiple Challenges

 
• By Dave Wallace

At Medicines for Europe’s legal and annual conferences in Brussels last week, multiple key issues competed for attention, giving the generics and biosimilars industry plenty to think about at a critical time for EU pharma reform.

EU Biosimilar Filings, Opinions And Approvals

 
• By Neena Brizmohun

A list of EU biosimilar filings, CHMP opinions and EU marketing authorizations, including details of the biosimilar company, the brand name/INN, indication(s), the reference product/company, and the date and type of event.