The FDA has just published a new draft Q&A Guidance document regarding BLA submissions for biosimilar products and interchangeable biosimilar products, as well as recommendations for labeling of interchangeable biosimilar products. This guidance (Biosimilarity and Interchangeability: Additional Draft Q & As on Biosimilar Development and the BPCI Act is available here) and supplements the two […]
While there is nothing like being together, the COVID pandemic has kept us apart and so it is for the AAM conference. Getting used to the format was easy but it ain’t the same! While there were some minor technical glitches, the conference went off without a major hitch. Dan Leonard, the new President and […]
The Association for Accessible Medicines released its 2020 Generic Drugs and Biosimilars Access and Savings in the U.S. Report (here) yesterday, outlining the savings that these products brought to American consumers in 2019. “In 2019, according to data provided by IQVIA, U.S. savings from generic drugs added up to $313 billion—including $96 billion and $48.5 […]
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The FDA announced the FY 2021 biosimilar user fees this morning on its Federal Register pre-publication page (here). The new fees can be found in the table below. BSUFA FY 2021 User fees Fee Category Rates for FY 2021 Rates for FY 2020 Percent Change Initial BPD $102,494 $117,987 -13.2% Annual BPD $102,494 $117,987 -13.2% […]
Last Friday (June 26, 2020), the Trump administration filed a legal brief with the U.S. Supreme Court requesting that the court find the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to be unconstitutional and, therefore, struck down in its entirety. Regardless of one’s opinion of the merits of the ACA to provide healthcare coverage for underprivileged Americans, there […]
Today, the FDA published in a final rule (here) a significant revision to the regulatory definition of biological product that will have a major impact on what product will be regulated under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), and which will be regulated solely under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). Specifically, the […]
Our own Keith Webber originally provided very detailed information and helpful hints in his August 2019 blog (here) regarding FDAs transition of certain NDAs to BLAs under the BPCI Act. So, although this may not be “new” news, we think it’s worth a quick trip down memory lane, as the implementation date quickly approaches. Let’s […]
February 3, 2020 was the last day to comment on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) notice in the Federal Register on the Novel Excipient Review Program Proposal; Request for Information and Comments (here), which we reported on in a previous blog post (here). In this notice, the FDA had proposed a pilot program related […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a joint statement on Monday, February 3, 2020 (here) regarding their collaborative plans to advance competition in the biologics market. This joint effort is intended to address misinformation and anti-competitive behavior that may impede competition between biologic drug products. A significant focus […]
