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Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Takeaways from FDA’s Approval of the First Interchangeable Biosimilar for Humira®

On October 15, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approved Boehringer Ingelheim’s Cyltezo® (adalimumab-adbm), the first interchangeable biosimilar to AbbVie’s blockbuster immunosuppressant Humira®...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

FDA Reduces Regulatory Uncertainty with New Finalized Rule Defining "Biological Product" under BPCIA to Include Insulin and Other...

Key Points - In February, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a "bright-line rule" redefining "biological products" under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) to include insulin and other...more

Hogan Lovells

What comes out, must go back in: Court sides with FDA on “same surgical procedure” and “homologous use” definitions governing...

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FDA authority to crack down on illegally marketed stem cell treatments confirmed - On Monday, a federal District Court in Florida issued a decisive blow against US Stem Cell Clinic, LLC, granting the U.S. Food and Drug...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

FDA Approves the First Gene Therapy to Treat an Inherited Disease

On December 19, 2017, FDA approved the gene therapy Luxturna (voretigene neparvovec-rzyl), developed by Spark Therapeutics, to treat children and adults with biallelic REP65 mutation-associated retinal dystrophy, an inherited...more

McCarter & English, LLP

FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Demonstrating Interchangeability Under the BPCIA

On January 17, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its long-awaited draft guidance on licensure as an interchangeable biological product approved under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: FDA Maintains Assigned Unique Suffixes in Generic Names for Biologics

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On January 12, 2017, the FDA issued its final guidance on generic naming for biological products submitted pursuant to 351(a) or (k) of the Public Health Service Act. The guidance is titled Nonproprietary Naming for...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Basics of the BPCIA

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The FDA broadly defines biologics as medical products derived from living sources (human, animal, plant, or microorganism) intended to treat or prevent diseases. Biologics thus include such varied vehicles of medical...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Biological Products: New FDA Draft Guidance Sheds Light on Reference Product Exclusivity

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Life sciences companies seeking protection for their biological products gain clarity on the submission procedures and standards of evaluation for reference product exclusivity requests. As the Food and Drug...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

FDA Releases Another Prospective Guidance

On August 5th, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a "Guidance for Industry" entitled "Reference Product Exclusivity for Biological Products file under Section 351(a) of the PHS Act." Before setting forth the first...more

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