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The FDA will grant marketing exclusivity only to biologics that are fundamentally different from existing products, according to new guidance that explains what manufacturers must do to lock in protection from biosmiliar competition. Read More
Countries in the Caribbean are working to establish a unified registration process for generic drugs, an effort aimed to improve the quality, availability and access to essential therapies. Read More
Indian generics firm Dr. Reddy’s has filed the first patent challenge against Teva’s blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone’s 40 mg, introducing a new chapter to the Israeli drugmaker’s efforts to protect its multibillion dollar product. Read More
The U.S. biotechnology industry has endorsed a recent World Health Organization proposal to give biosimilar products a unique name qualifier that distinguishes them from the reference products’ nonproprietary name, a proposal that may run counter to naming protocols in the generic drug industry. Read More
Manufacturers of new drugs, biologics and biosimilars will pay slightly more in user fees this fall for their applications, facilities and products. Read More
The FDA expects to collect $312.2 million in generic drug user fees next fiscal year, with companies paying slightly less for each ANDA filing and facilities that produce active pharmaceutical ingredients and finished generic products paying more. Read More
The FDA has expanded its list of priority generics applications to include ANDAs filed under government purchasing programs and applications from filers that claim “extraordinary hardship.” Read More
European regulators are asking drugmakers to submit information on products that were part of bioequivalence trials conducted at contract research organization GVK Biosciences’ India facility, after an inspection raised serious concerns about good clinical practice compliance. Read More
Generics manufacturers seeking product approvals in the European Union can opt to share the resulting application reviews with regulatory bodies outside the bloc under a pilot program designed to coordinate drug approvals across international borders. Read More
Complaints of particulates found in vials of nine lots of Cubist Pharmaceuticals’ anti-infective drug Cubicin prompted the company to initiate its second recall of the drug in as many days. Read More
Drugmakers could see their wait time to begin clinical trials in Brazil cut by more than a third under a proposed regulation calling for protocols to be reviewed in their entirety, rather than stage by stage, which is the current policy. Read More