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Allergan is taking its dispute with the state of New York over mandatory access to an older medication amid generic substitution all the way to the Supreme Court. Read More
A federal court has placed a temporary sales ban on Indian drugmaker Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories’ generic form of heartburn drug Nexium in the U.S. Read More
The majority of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, from both sides of the aisle, supported Robert Califf’s nomination as the next FDA commissioner during a two-hour confirmation hearing Nov. 17. Read More
Biosimilars experts concluded that fostering the nascent industry would require many of the same elements that originally nurtured the generics industry: educational efforts, regulatory and patent changes, and most importantly, patience. Read More
Mylan may move forward with its proposed hostile takeover bid of Perrigo, so long as it divests seven generic drugs, the FTC determined in a Nov. 3 order. The move is the final regulatory hurdle for Mylan’s bid and eases the FTC’s concerns that the deal would harm competition. Read More
Health Canada has agreed to comply with a Canadian court ruling quashing the agency’s import ban on drugs from a generics manufacturer. In a Nov. 2 statement, Health Canada retracted an information update that prohibited imports from two Apotex manufacturing facilities in India. Read More
Generic drugs have been touted as a way to help the U.S. healthcare system save money. A new report gives a perspective on just how large that savings is. Read More
Novartis’ generics unit Sandoz received a warning letter from the FDA citing cGMP deficiencies for finished drugs at the company’s plants in Kalwe and Turbhe, India. Read More
Drugmakers are telling the FDA that its proposed biosimilars naming is not necessary, but if four-letter suffixes are needed in the nonproprietary naming of biosimiliars and other biologic products, then make sure those letters are memorable. Read More