False Claims Act Insights - Are All Healthcare “Kickbacks” Subject to FCA Liability?
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 204: Accelerating Life Sciences Startups with James Chappell of SCbio
Podcast — Drug Pricing: How Are Payers Responding to the IRA?
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 203: Manufacturing Specialty Drugs for Rare Diseases in North Carolina with Paul Testa of Kyowa Kirin
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 201: SHL Medical’s Investment in the Carolinas with Kimberlee Steele of SHL Medical
The Future of Laboratory Testing Just Got a Little Clearer: FDA's Final Rule on LDTs – Diagnosing Health Care
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 195: Life Sciences and Healthcare Workforce Development with Dr. John Hauser of Gaston College
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 194: Workforce Development for the Life Sciences Industry with David Stefanich of Rymedi
FDA Releases Laboratory-Developed Tests Final Rule – Thought Leaders in Health Law
Changes in FDA, Cannabis Policies and AI Developments
340B Drug Pricing Program Compliance
Episode 185: America’s Bioeconomy with Sarah Glaven, White House Research Biologist
Episode 183: Site Development for Life Sciences Companies with Adam Bruns of Site Selection Magazine
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 171: Laura Gunter, President of the NC Life Sciences Organization
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 169: Shirley Paddock, Senior VP of Clinical Development, Syneos Health
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 168: Christine Harhaj, Senior Director of Advocacy & Strategic Alliances, PhRMA
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 167: Dr. Ehsan Samei & Dr. Susan Halabi, Triangle CERSI
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 165: Doug Edgeton, President and CEO of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 163: David Ellison, Chief Data Scientist for Lenovo’s Infrastructure Solutions Group
Podcast: Direct Access Laboratory Testing - Future FDA Proposed Regulations on LDTs - Diagnosing Health Care
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According to a January 2024 press release from Accord BioPharma, Inc. (“Accord”), the FDA accepted Accord’s abbreviated Biologics License Application (aBLA) for DMB-3115 (ustekinumab), a proposed biosimilar to Janssen...more
On November 30, 2023, Celltrion announced that it filed for an abbreviated Biologics License Application (aBLA) for FDA approval of CT-P41 (denosumab), a proposed biosimilar of Amgen’s Prolia® / Xgeva® (denosumab)...more
On June 29 and 30, 2023, respectively, Formycon AG (“Formycon”) and Celltrion Inc. (“Celltrion”) announced submission to the FDA of aBLAs for their aflibercept biosimilar candidates. Formycon and Celltrion are the second and...more
On April 5, 2023, Accord BioPharma announced that the FDA has accepted the Biologics License Application (BLA) for HLX02 referencing HERCEPTIN (trastuzumab) for adjuvant treatment of HER2-overexpressing breast cancer and...more
Innovent Biologics, Inc. announced the results of the Phase III ORIENT-31 study evaluating sintilimab in combination with BYVASDA (bevacizumab biosimilar) for the treatment of non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer. ...more
Under Section 262(l)(8)(A) of the BPCIA, a biosimilar maker must provide notice to the reference product sponsor 180 days before the date of first commercial marketing of the biosimilar. ...more
The Federal Circuit held that supplemental applications submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to further support approval of a biosimilar product under Section 262(k) of the Biologics Price Competition and...more
On February 6, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a draft guidance (“Guidance”) that addresses the licensure of a biosimilar or biosimilar interchangeable product for fewer than all of the conditions...more
It has been a busy week so far for biosimilar developers, with multiple collaboration and commercialization deals announced. First, on November 4, Henlius and Ascentage Pharma announced that they entered into a...more
On July 23, 2019, Amgen, maker of the cancer treatment drug Neupogen (filgrastim), filed patent infringement claims in the Southern District of California against Tanvex Biopharma over Tanvex’s proposed filgrastim biosimilar...more
Coherus announced today that it has executed settlement agreements with AbbVie that grant Coherus global, non-exclusive, royalty-bearing license rights under AbbVie’s intellectual property to commercialize CHS-1420, Coherus’...more
A lot has happened since we last addressed new biosimilar developments in January 2018. In the intervening months, there have been many significant developments related to FDA’s implementation of an efficient regulatory...more
Since the passage of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA), 2017 has been the most active year yet for drug manufacturers. Fish attorneys Tasha Francis, Jenny Shmuel, and Brianna Chamberlin addressed the...more
It has been a few months since we reported on Federal Court wranglings with the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act, or BPCIA, which created the nation’s abbreviated marketing pathway for biosimilar products....more
As is the tradition here at Health Law & Policy Matters, towards the end of the year we take stock of what transpired in our respective industries and highlight important legal, regulatory, and business developments. For...more
On June 12, 2017, the Supreme Court handed down its opinion in Sandoz Inc. v. Amgen Inc., marking the first time the Court has interpreted the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act ("BPCIA") for the approval of...more
On Wednesday, April 26, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Sandoz Inc. v. Amgen Inc. case. This case involves the interpretation of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act ("BPCIA"), which will be...more
On yesterday’s earnings call for Q4 2016, Amgen indicated that it is projecting its Neulasta® (pegfilgrastim) product to face biosimilar completion in the U.S. by the end of the year. According to Amgen Executive Vice...more
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Responding to the Supreme Court’s request for its views, the Solicitor General recently recommended granting certiorari and reversing some of the Federal Circuit’s key holdings in Amgen v. Sandoz (Nos. 15-1039 & 15-1195)....more
As we previously reported, in July the FDA issued a complete response rejecting Sandoz’s aBLA for a biosimilar of Neulasta® (pegfilgrastim). Novartis, Sandoz’s parent, indicated that that Sandoz was “working with the agency...more
The Federal Circuit has now issued two decisions interpreting the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA). In Amgen v. Sandoz, the first decision to interpret the BPCIA, the majority held that...more
In a sign of growing scientific acceptance and understanding of the biosimilar regulatory pathway, FDA’s Arthritis Advisory Committee (AAC) voted unanimously last month in favor of approving two new biosimilar products –...more
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