Product-Specific or Class-Specific Biosimilar Guidances? US FDA Wants Feedback

The FDA’s experience with product-specific guidances for generic drugs may impact biosimilar industry decision-making, but the program has improved in recent years.

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Biosimilar sponsors have 90 days to suggest the type of guidance that would be most helpful from the FDA. • Source: Shutterstock

The US Food and Drug Administration wants industry input on whether product-specific or class-specific guidance would be more useful for accelerating biosimilar development.

Key Takeaways
  • Biosimilars sponsors are asked to give the FDA feedback on whether product-specific or class-specific guidance would be most helpful for speeding development.

  • The agency also wants to know if guidances should focus on biological products with no approved biosmilars and if guidance in areas where there are approved products would be helpful

The agency also is seeking feedback on whether to focus on development of guidance documents for biologics with no approved biosimilars, or continue developing guidances for biosimilar development even after one or more biosimilars have been approved for a product or class, according to a

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