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Actavis plans to immediately relaunch its generic version of AstraZeneca’s inhaled asthma drug Pulmicort Respules, following a federal appeals court decision upholding a lower court ruling that invalidated the brandmaker’s patent on the drug. Read More
The FDA wants biosimilars makers to retain for at least five years reserve samples of products used in comparative pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic studies intended to support an ANDA. Read More
Generics makers are asking the European Commission to clarify new requirements for factory acceptance and site acceptance testing, including the number of batches that need to be validated when bracketing is applied. Read More
The European Medicines Agency has confirmed plans to halt sales of 700 drug forms and strengths authorized based on clinical studies performed by Hyderabad, India-based GVK Biosciences. Read More
A federal appeals court Friday affirmed a lower court order preventing Actavis from replacing an older formulation of Namenda ahead of generic versions of the Alzheimer’s drug hitting the market in July. Read More
The FDA is hoping that a study of spousal communication related to direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising will help it make better recommendations for these ads. Read More
The FDA has hit Actavis with a warning letter for making unsubstantiated claims about its Rapaflo benign prostatic hyperplasia drug on a company webpage. Read More
Johnson & Johnson will be liable for unlimited punitive damages in a bellwether trial next month alleging that Extra Strength Tylenol triggered acute liver failure leading to a woman’s death, under a federal court ruling. Read More
The FDA plans to issue a proposed rule this year streamlining requirements for fixed-dose combination prescription and over-the-counter drugs into one set of regulations, according to an updated list of priorities released Friday. Read More
California-based Amgen may soon be the first to get a new class of cholesterol-lowering biologics onto the European market, following a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency on Friday. Read More