FDA Promises Imminent Guidance On Interchangeable Biosimilar Exclusivity

Planned List For 2025 Also Includes Numerous Other Generics Guidances

The FDA’s CDER has set out a 2025 guidance agenda that promises long-awaited guidance on first interchangeable biosimilar exclusivity, as well as a host of other documents relevant to generic drug development and registration.

The FDA has set out its 2025 list of planned guidances (Shutterstock)

Long-awaited guidance setting out the US Food and Drug Administration’s approach to exclusivity for first interchangeable biosimilars will be published by the end of this year, according to a 2025 guidance agenda published by the agency’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.

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