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Part Two: The MFN Drug Pricing Rule and the Rebate Rule: Where Do We Go From Here?
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Wilson Sonsini’s inaugural Biotech Summit will address topics of critical importance to Biotech and Biopharmaceutical companies, including early and late-stage venture financing, partnering strategies, current and future AI...more
Gain a comprehensive understanding of Hatch-Waxman and BPCIA essentials, a critical competency for legal and business professionals in the biopharmaceutical arena. Attend ACI’s Hatch-Waxman and BPCIA Proficiency Series...more
Navigating the complex landscape of drug discovery requires innovative strategies and interdisciplinary collaborations spanning biotechnology, pharmacology, medicine and engineering. As the cost of developing new drugs...more
Canada is an attractive market for pharmaceutical manufacturers. While universal healthcare does not currently extend to drugs in an outpatient setting, most Canadian consumers have some form of drug coverage through...more
How is orphan drug exclusivity affected when the FDA-approved use for an orphan drug is arguably narrower than the treatment of the rare disease it was designated for? By way of background, a sponsor can obtain orphan drug...more
AstraZeneca, the British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical company currently collaborating with the University of Oxford on a COVID-19 vaccine, will purchase Alexion Pharmaceuticals for $39 billion. The transaction, which...more
In Tuesday's Report: FDA warns over drug misbranded as COVID-19 treatment; podcast discusses Trump's "Buy American" executive order; an op-ed on the importance of protecting biomedical innovation; HHS sees high level...more
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to impact the biopharmaceutical industry. In a recent guidance, Resuming Normal Drug and Biologics Manufacturing Operations During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (the...more
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is a novel coronavirus never before seen in humans. To date, it has caused 60,000 deaths in the United States – 56,000 of those in the last month alone. There does not yet exist an...more
On 14 April 2020, the Belgian Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AFMPS), published a news flash warning physicians of the risk of hemolysis associated with the use of hydroxychloroquine in patients with...more
Below are a few biosimilar-related updates from the past week. Bio-Thera Solutions announced that in a Phase III clinical trial of BAT1706 (bevacizumab), BAT1706 met its primary endpoint, demonstrating “equivalence in...more
Out of a sample of 29 non-representative drug manufacturers surveyed earlier this year, 23 had publicly posted policies related to accessing their investigational drugs outside of the context of formal clinical trials,...more
The need to replenish intellectual property has pushed the pharma industry to the highest-performing sector by M&A value. In the pharmaceuticals, medical and biotech sector, deal value in the first half of the year was up...more
The past year is set to be a milestone year for China’s pharmaceutical regulatory reform as the newly formed National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) continues to aggressively cut back on red tape for new drug...more
On May 10, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid published a Final Rule on drug pricing transparency in consumer advertisements. ...more
"Right to Try" legislation, which enables terminally ill patients or patients with a "life threatening disease or condition" to seek access to investigative drugs with little to no oversight from the FDA, has been enacted in...more
Lundbeck Pharmaceutical Company, headquartered in Denmark, recently announced the acquisition of Prexton Therapeutics B.V. for $1.1 billion (U.S.). Lundbeck is a publicly traded company focusing on psychiatric and...more
Right-to-try laws and the future of access to investigational treatments - The treatment of patients with unapproved therapies is often referred to as “compassionate use” or “expanded access”. Under right-to-try laws,...more
Coming off a year that saw a record number of new drug approvals, significant scientific breakthroughs and a year-end tax reform package that both significantly lowers corporate taxes and provides the long-awaited tax...more
Please see full chart for Bolar Excemption rules in foreign countries regarding Clinical Trials, New Drugs, Biosimilars and Foreign Jurisdiction issues. ...more
Bolar exemption in Europe - The Bolar exemption is governed by European Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community Code relating to medicinal products for human use. Article 10(6) excludes from infringement of patent rights or...more
Bolar Exemptions in the U.S. Because approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a long, sometimes arduous process, U.S. law provides a research or experimental use exemption with respect to regulated...more
Very few topics in international intellectual property have been as controversial as compulsory licenses. While the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) sets minimum standards for...more
Seven years after Mylotarg® (gemtuzumab ozogamicin) was voluntarily withdrawn from the market, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has re-approved Mylotarg® product....more
On September 15, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved once-daily YOSPRALA™, a tablet that combines the anti-platelet agent, aspirin, with the anti-acid drug, omeprazole for decreasing the risk of...more