Requirements should adjust to scientific advancement, rather than remain rooted in times when the FDA and sponsors were inexperienced dealing with the products, sponsors argue.
Biosimilar sponsors are being bogged down by unnecessary and repetitive studies, which may be limiting investment in the teenaged US sector.
The Biosimilars Forum, a trade association of biosimilar sponsors, wants the US Food and Drug Administration and industry to embrace...
The importance of generic and biosimilar medicines is being recognized by the UK government for the first time. However, Mark Samuels, CEO of Medicines UK, the trade body representing the off-patent industry, says companies are still face multiple hurdles in the market.
A calculation used to determine whether the FDA has the staff to handle its workload also was not included in the description of prescription drug user fee calculations.
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.
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.
The FDA is testing a new artificial intelligence tool to help generic drug developers automate maximum daily dose calculations.
A Duke-Margolis working group is developing ideas to enable non-profit firms to seek US FDA approval for new indications for off-patent medicines. The former acting commissioner thinks citizen petitions might be the fastest route.
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.
