Biosimilars

18
Mar
FDA Continues Execution of HHS AI Strategy - Lachman Blog

FDA Continues Execution of HHS AI Strategy

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) strategy for artificial intelligence (AI) is clearly continuing in earnest into 2024. This AI strategy states, “HHS divisions will continue to lead in identifying opportunities for mission-driven AI solutions, mitigating risks appropriately, against a shared framework of federal and HHS guidance.” In alignment with this strategy, […]

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01
Mar
AI Laws on the Move - Lachman Blog

AI Laws on the Move

Is your firm preparing for the wave of AI regulations, laws, white papers, and regulatory guidances? As reported in a previous Lachman blog, EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act: Impact on Pharma and MedTech, laws are emerging, but can companies keep up with the pace? Last year, the EU did what the U.S. has not been […]

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20
Feb
FDA Goes Back to Basics with Multiple Observations for Diethylene Glycol and Ethylene Glycol - Lachman Blog

FDA Goes Back to Basics with Multiple Observations for Diethylene Glycol and Ethylene Glycol

In 2022, there were six Warning Letters and five 483 observations for issues relating to Diethylene Glycol (DEG) and Ethylene Glycol (EG). In 2023, there were thirty-six Warning Letters and nineteen 483 observations for DEG and EG concerns. So far this year (mid-February 2024), there have already been three Warning Letters containing observations for DEG […]

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16
Feb
Do You Know Your Product’s Impurity Profile - Lachman Blog

Do You Know Your Product’s Impurity Profile?

ICH Q7 refers to the need to establish the impurity profile for an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API): “An impurity profile describing the identified and unidentified impurities present in a typical batch produced by a specific controlled production process should normally be established for each API. The impurity profile should include the identity or some qualitative […]

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09
Feb

AAM Annual Meeting: CDER Discusses Biologics and CEOs React 

At the recent AAM meeting, Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay, J.D., M.D., Principal Deputy Center Director, CDER, provided an overview of the current state of activities at the Agency regarding biosimilar development and approvals.  The FDA has been quite successful in implementing its biosimilar program and has moved the needle on approvals.  Here are some of the points […]

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09
Feb

Doug Long Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at AAM Annual Meeting After Presentation

Doug Long has become a fixture at AAM meetings, providing invaluable data on the drug industry on behalf of his employer, IQVIA.  This presentation is always the highlight of AAM annual meetings.  All attendees at this meeting make sure to have their seats nice and early to hear his state of the generic and biosimilars […]

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07
Feb
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The Generic Industry Faces External Challenges

At yesterday’s AAM annual meeting, David Gaugh, AAM’s interim President and CEO, discussed the unprecedented events that threaten the sustainability of today’s generic drug and biosimilar industry.  In his keynote address, he addressed how the generic drug and biosimilar industry is being stressed by economic issues, PBMs, government programs, and other events out of its […]

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06
Feb
Paper clipboard with text POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

CARES ACT – 2024 Update – Big News!

Since the implementation of the CARES Act reporting requirement, the question continues to be asked: Is it really a requirement?  The answer is yes, and now it is no longer recommended, but is stated as “should” in the newly published Final version of the Guidance for Industry (GFI) “Reporting Amount of Listed Drugs and Biological […]

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26
Jan

Lachman Consultants will be at Access! 2024 in February. Will you?

As a proud Silver Sponsor of this important conference, we’ll be looking for you at Access! 2024. This annual meeting of the Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM) is happening in Tampa, Florida at the JW Marriott from Monday, February 5th through Wednesday, February 7th, 2024. Visit with us at Booth #11. The Lachman Consultants team […]

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25
Jan
The Court Case That Could Have Implications Beyond Its Borders - Lachman Blog

The Court Case That Could Have Implications Beyond Its Borders

This morning, when I read a Decision and Order issued by the United States Court of Federal Claims regarding a motion that was granted in part, denied in part, and filed on behalf of a pharmaceutical company and the FDA, the hair on the back of my neck stood on end. Now, I must state […]

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