Drug Review

ANI Pharmaceuticals will compete with a product bringing in annual sales of more than $150m after launching the first generic with 180-day exclusivity via the FDA’s competitive generic therapy pathway.

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.

This is an update of recommendations from the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use on the authorization of new medicines in the EU, and updates on EU marketing authorization changes recommended by the CHMP.

Doxecitine/doxribtimine, UCB’s investigational orphan drug for pediatric and adult patients with thymidine kinase 2 deficiency, is among the latest products that have been filed for review by the European Medicines Agency for potential EU marketing approval.

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.

Elinzanetant, Bayer’s investigational treatment for hot flashes in menopausal women, is among the latest drugs that have been filed for review by the European Medicines Agency for potential EU marketing approval.

Sanofi’s rilzabrutinib and Alvotech/Advanz Pharma’s golimumab (AVT05) are among five new entries on the European Medicines Agency’s latest monthly list of products for which marketing applications are currently under review. Both drugs are investigational and are yet to be approved anywhere in the world.

This is an update of recommendations from the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use on the authorization of new medicines in the EU, and updates on EU marketing authorization changes recommended by the CHMP.

The first GLP-1 agonist to receive US Food and Drug Administration approval, Byetta (exenatide), has generic competition at last, with Amneal bagging the first rival after Teva seemingly abandoned its proposed generic version.

Canada’s shortage of children’s analgesic/antipyretic OTCs in 2022 as COVID-19 and seasonal flu virus combined to drive stockpiling by consumers. Some poison control centers and hospitals offered recommendations about modifying adult doses to pediatric use.