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Two prominent generic drugmakers in Canada won a regulatory victory last month when a federal judge ruled that the country’s regulator of patented medicine prices has no jurisdiction over licensed generic drug pricing. Read More
Drugmakers considering names for new products in Europe will have to narrow their options to just two proposed names under a revised guideline from the European Medicines Agency. Read More
Drugmakers conducting animal trials to support development of biological and chemical weapon counter-measures should control for the animals’ age, health, weight and physical environment when designing study protocols, says a new draft guidance implementing the FDA’s Animal Efficacy Rule. Read More
The FDA is developing mathematical algorithms that will compare generic drugs to their branded counterparts, according to an agency grant announcement. Read More
Drugmakers are asking the FDA to create separate submission requirements for NDAs, ANDAs and BLAs to demonstrate analytical procedures and methods-validation data is adequate to support the drug and biologic products. Read More
House lawmakers advanced an FDA funding package that directs the agency to address a multitude of controversial issues, including justifying the costs to generic drugmakers of the agency’s proposed labeling overhaul. Read More
Eli Lilly said it will begin sharing clinical trial data used in support of regulatory filings in the U.S. and Europe with qualified researchers, becoming the latest drugmaker to join the growing clinical trial data transparency movement. Read More
Delaware has become the latest state to let pharmacists substitute biosimilar products for the prescribed biological reference product, a move cheered by a national trade group representing biopharmaceutical manufacturers. Read More
Injectable drugmaker Hospira has issued a voluntary recall of dobutamine injection, USP, after a customer complaint of discoloration in a single vial of the heart disease drug. Read More
The FDA can exercise flexibility on the quality manufacturing information it requires drugmakers to present under expedited drug approval processes, says a final guidance. Read More