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On July 23, 2024, the FDA issued a draft guidance entitled “Postapproval Manufacturing Changes to Biosimilar and Interchangeable Biosimilar Products Questions and Answers.”...more
On July 24, 2024, Bio-Thera Solutions announced the FDA acceptance of its aBLA for BAT2206 (ustekinumab), a proposed biosimilar of Janssen and Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara® (ustekinumab), with a request for interchangeability....more
Last month, the FDA issued draft guidance, which, if implemented, would remove a requirement for a switching study for demonstrating biosimilar interchangeability....more
Venable’s BiologicsHQ Monthly Injection – June 2024...more
On June 20, 2024, the FDA issued a draft guidance, “Considerations for Demonstrating Interchangeability with a Reference Product: Update” that revises the need for switching studies to demonstrate a biosimilar is...more
Venable’s BiologicsHQ Monthly Injection - May 2024...more
Regeneron’s regulatory exclusivity for EYLEA expired on May 18, 2024. Two days later, on May 20, 2024, the FDA announced that it has approved Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Biocon Biologics, Inc.’s YESAFILI...more
On April 25, 2024, the FDA published a notice of availability in the Federal Register for its revised draft guidance, entitled “Promotional Labeling and Advertising Considerations for Prescription Biological Reference...more
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Hosted by American Conference Institute, the Summit on Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics returns to New York City, on June 20 - 21, 2024. Now in its 15th year, the 2024 conference will dive deep into the latest legal,...more
The Biden Administration recently released a 2025 Budget Proposal which includes permitting biosimilar substitution without the Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) separate determination of interchangeability. ...more
On February 23rd, 2024, Alvotech and Teva announced FDA’s approval of SIMLANDI (adalimumab-ryvk), the first high-concentration and citrate-free biosimilar interchangeable with Humira. SIMLANDI injection was approved for nine...more
On February 23, 2024, the FDA approved Alvotech and Teva’s Simlandi® (adalimumab-ryvk) as biosimilar to and interchangeable with AbbVie’s Humira® (adalimumab). Simlandi® is the tenth Humira® biosimilar to be approved, and the...more
Recently, Biogen and Samsung Bioepis’s ranibizumab biosimilar (BYOOVIZ) was granted interchangeable status by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. BYOOVIZ was deemed interchangeable to Genentech’s LUCENTIS for the treatment...more
On September 18, 2023, the FDA issued a new draft guidance “Labeling for Biosimilar and Interchangeable Biosimilar Products,” updating the previous labeling guidance “Labeling for Biosimilar Products” from July 2018. ...more
On September 20, Alvotech announced that FDA has accepted the resubmission of its Biologics License Application (BLA) for AVT02, a high concentration, interchangeable biosimilar to HUMIRA (adalimumab). FDA has set a...more
Last week, FDA released a draft guidance, “Labeling for Biosimilar and Interchangeable Biosimilar Products” (“2023 Draft Guidance”) that—when finalized—will revise and replace its July 2018 final guidance, “Labeling for...more
Last week, FDA released a draft guidance, “Labeling for Biosimilar and Interchangeable Biosimilar Products” that—when finalized—will revise and replace its July 2018 final guidance, “Labeling for Biosimilar Products.” FDA...more
The Act introduces key reforms to the FDA regulatory framework relating to drugs, biological products, and cosmetics, among others. On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023...more
As 2022 comes to a close, we review Big Molecule Watch’s top five biosimilar regulatory developments of the year...more
On November 17, 2022, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the “Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act” to increase biosimilar competition and reduce patient costs by prohibiting the FDA from requiring switching studies to approve...more
On September 19, 2022, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the Heads of Medicines’ Agencies (HMA) issued a joint statement explaining their scientific rationale for determining that biosimilars approved in the EU...more
July 28, 2021 - the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Viatris Inc.’s (formerly Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.) SEMGLEE (insulin glargine-yfgn), a biosimilar to LANTUS (insulin glargine). According to the press...more
On July 9, President Biden issued an Executive Order regarding competition in various sectors of the United States economy, including the healthcare market. Among the 72 initiatives set forth in the Order are instructions...more
The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA) was passed as part of health reform signed into law by President Obama in March 2010. This year, the BPCIA turns 10. While the U.S. Biosimilars Pathway has...more