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[Event] 15th Summit on Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics - June 20th - 21st, New York, NY

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

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FDA Approves Florida’s Section 804 Importation Program for Importation of Canadian Pharmaceuticals

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On January 5, 2024 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its approval of the State of Florida’s proposal to import certain prescription drugs from Canada under the Section 804 Importation Program (SIP). This approval...more

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FDA Approves Amgen’s WEZLANA As Biosimilar to and Interchangeable With Janssen’s STELARA (ustekinumab)

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On Tuesday, October 31, FDA approved Amgen’s WEZLANA (ustekinumab-auub) as biosimilar to and interchangeable with Janssen’s STELARA (ustekinumab). WEZLANA is the first product to be approved as a biosimilar to STELARA....more

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JPM2023 Trendspotting: takeaways from Biotech Showcase

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At the recent J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference (JPM) and Biotech Showcase in San Francisco, our market-leading life sciences and health care industry led in-person discussions with industry experts on topics that will guide...more

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Senator Mike Lee Introduces the Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act to Eliminate Switching Study Requirement for Biosimilar...

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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

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Biosimilars 2021 Year in Review

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2021 saw several important milestones in the biosimilars space, including the much anticipated first interchangeable designations by FDA and the approval of the first ophthalmology biosimilar. The biosimilar market also...more

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COVID-19 Report for Life Sciences and Health Care Companies (UPDATED)

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Tuesday, 24 November 2020 - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to expand the role of the federal government in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, build on the Affordable Care Act, and continue drug...more

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FDA And FTC To Scrutinize Biologics Competition

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On February 3, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a joint statement announcing their plans to collaborate in promoting competitive biological product markets and...more

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Pfizer Announces Launches and Pricing Information for Three U.S. Biosimilars

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Today, Pfizer announced that it has launched or is launching the following three biosimilars in the United States at the following prices...more

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FTC Ratchets up Scrutiny on Pharmaceutical Deals

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WHAT HAPPENED: • Recent developments indicate that pharmaceutical deals are attracting greater scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). • In September 2019, FTC Chairman Joseph Simons reportedly stated that the...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Administration Again Attempts to Lower Drug Prices

In 2018, the administration published its Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices for U.S. citizens. The Blueprint included 12 proposed actions by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)....more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

FDA’s Safe Importation Action Plan May Give Florida’s Drug Import Program a Pathway to Approval

At both the federal level and within Florida, there are the beginnings of the seeds of change regarding drug importation policies.  President Trump and Governor DeSantis have both been HUGE supporters of drug importation as a...more

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Generic drugs ensnared in price-fixing and shoddy manufacturing claims

With Big Pharma pressing the limits in promoting and pricing prescription medications, patients and their advocates long have hoped that generic drugs might be difference-makers on costs and practices. Those positive wishes,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

A Dialogue With Corporate Counsel: Skadden’s Eighth Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Seminar

On October 30, 2018, Skadden hosted its Eighth Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Enforcement and Litigation Seminar in New York City, which focused on U.S. enforcement issues faced by companies throughout the industry....more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

FDA’s New Biosimilar Action Plan Represents the Next Step for Improving Drug Competition

On July 18, 2018, after months of alluding to the various aspects of an upcoming “Biosimilar Action Plan” as another prong within FDA’s broader Drug Competition Action Plan (DCAP), FDA finally unveiled its plan for...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Health Care Policy Newsletter - July 2018

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Foley & Lardner LLP’s (“Foley”) Bipartisan Public Policy Team is pleased to share our “Public Policy Weekly* Health Care Newsletter” in which we compile the latest Health care policy news and legislation. *Please note that we...more

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California Enacts Limitations on Copayment Coupons

As prescription drug pricing continues to dominate political headlines, state legislatures are taking action intended to lower drug prices for health plans and patients. Despite industry opposition, California has enacted a...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

FDA Commissioner Hints at Drug Pricing-Related Initiatives

During his first appearance before Congress as FDA Commissioner on May 25, 2017, Scott Gottlieb reported that the Agency is preparing a “Drug Competition Action Plan” that it will unveil in upcoming weeks and months. This was...more

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Senators Introduce the CREATES Act

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In furtherance of the government’s efforts to bring down healthcare costs, Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT.), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Mike Lee (R-UT) have introduced the Creating and Restoring Equal...more

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Don't Blame Patents For High Drug Prices

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Before his recent arrest, Martin Shkreli, the former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, gained notoriety for increasing the price of the AIDS drug Daraprim® (pyrimethamine) from about $13.50 to about $750 per pill. He also was...more

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The Pharmacy Industry – 2015 Year In Review

With 2015 coming to a close, we wanted to provide a recap of the major updates impacting the pharmacy industry and what pharmaceutical manufacturers, pharmacy benefit managers (“PBMs”), and pharmacies might expect in 2016. ...more

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Washington Healthcare Update

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This Week: Congress tries to put together a tax extender package, which may provide an opportunity for some Affordable Care Act changes... HHS releases final rule on bundled payment for Joint Replacement Comprehensive Care...more

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