News & Analysis as of

Biologics Drug Pricing

Stinson LLP

FDA Issues Guidance to Industry in Effort to Accelerate Development and Reduce Costs of Biosimilar Drugs

Stinson LLP on

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) new draft guidance may reduce the cost and time to market for some applicants with biosimilar Biologic License Applications (BLAs). This draft guidance pivots from requiring...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

FDA Considers Drug Pricing: Leadership Cites Consumer Cost as a Driver for Changes to Biosimilar Recommendations

Foley & Lardner LLP on

“By streamlining the biosimilar development process and helping advance interchangeability, we can achieve massive cost reductions for advanced treatments for cancer, autoimmune diseases, and rare disorders affecting millions...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

FDA Releases Draft Guidance Reducing Stringency for Biosimilar Approval

It is fair to say (no matter what else can be said) that the current administration is outcome- rather than process-driven. This general inclination is true of the Department of Health and Human Services and the agencies...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FDA Policy Changes Could Bring Some Biosimilars to Market Faster

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced changes to its policy on when a comparative efficacy study would be required to demonstrate biosimilarity. In essence, FDA is lopping off the top of the “biosimilarity...more

Polsinelli

New FDA Guidance Could Speed Biosimilar Approvals and Cut Costs

Polsinelli on

Key Takeaways: The FDA released draft guidance indicating it may approve certain biosimilars without requiring a comparative efficacy study (CES), traditionally a costly and time-intensive step....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FDA Names the First Nine National Priority Voucher Recipients

On October 16, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unveiled the first group of nine voucher recipients under the Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher (CNPV) pilot program, a program announced by the agency...more

Hogan Lovells

CMS Issues Final Guidance on IPAY 2028 Drug Price Negotiation Program, 2026-28 MFP Effectuation

Hogan Lovells on

On September 30, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued final guidance (Final Guidance) for initial price applicability year (IPAY) 2028 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Drug Price Negotiation...more

Goodwin

Would Exercising March-in Rights Lower Biologic Prices?

Goodwin on

The Bayh-Dole Act provides that the federal government retains certain rights in inventions it funds. Many have sought to use those rights as a way to lower the cost of prescription drugs for consumers and for the federal...more

Goodwin

Accord BioPharma Announces Commercial Launch of IMULDOSA® (ustekinumab-srlf) Prefilled Syringes in the United States

Goodwin on

On August 18, 2025, Accord BioPharma, Inc. (“Accord BioPharma”) announced the commercial launch of IMULDOSA® (ustekinumab-srlf), a biosimilar to STELARA® (ustekinumab) in the United States.  ...more

Venable LLP

Accord Announces Launch of Stelara® (ustekinumab) Biosimilar Imuldosa®

Venable LLP on

On August 18, 2025, Accord and Dong-A ST announced the U.S. launch of Imuldosa® (ustekinumab-srlf), a biosimilar of Janssen / Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara® (ustekinumab).  Imuldosa® is approved for all the reference product’s...more

Goodwin

Bio-Thera Announces Acceptance of BLA for BAT2506 Referencing Johnson & Johnson’s SIMPONI® (Golimumab)

Goodwin on

On July 16, 2025, Bio-Thera Solutions, Ltd. (“Bio-Thera”) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) had accepted its Biologics License Application (“BLA”) for its golimumab biosimilar, BAT2506, referencing...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Second FTC and DOJ Listening Session Focuses on Formulary and Benefit Practices and Regulatory Abuse in the Pharmaceutical...

Troutman Pepper Locke on

On July 24, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held the second of three listening sessions focused on competition in the pharmaceutical marketplace as part of the agency's implementation of the...more

Hogan Lovells

FDA adds information on Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher program

Hogan Lovells on

This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted additional information on its recently announced “Commissioner's National Priority Voucher” (CNPV) program, which will provide up to five vouchers in the program's...more

Cozen O'Connor

FDA Transparency Push: CRLs Released

Cozen O'Connor on

On July 10, 2025, citing a drive to increase transparency, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) published more than 200 complete response letters (CRLs) previously issued to companies that had submitted new drug...more

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

Biosimilars Boom: 2025’s Fast Track Approvals Look to Reshape Healthcare

With healthcare costs rising and biologics driving a large portion of drug spend, the next wave of biosimilar launches promises to reshape the U.S. pharmaceutical market in profound ways, including reduced prices for close...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Recent FDA Actions Pose Big Changes and Questions for Health and Food Industries

Holland & Knight LLP on

Over the first weeks of July 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued several announcements heralding new policies and proposed regulatory changes that could dramatically impact the drug, biologics and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FDA Opens the Vault on Decision Letters—Releases Wave of Drug and Biologic CRLs

This morning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the publication of more than 200 decision letters, also known as complete response letters (CRLs), with plans to release more from the archives. The CRLs...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

FDA Reimagined: Faster, Friendlier, and Focused on Cures

On June 10, 2025, the Commissioner of the FDA, Dr. Martin Makary, and Dr. Vinayak Prasad, the Director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, published an article in JAMA discussing the “Priorities for a...more

Goodwin

President Trump Issues Two Executive Orders Concerning the Affordability and Accessibility of Drugs

Goodwin on

In the past month, President Trump signed two executive orders concerning drug access and affordability, including for biologics and biosimilar drugs.  On April 15, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order No. 14273 (“EO...more

McDermott+

Trump Administration Executive Order Tracker

McDermott+ on

Below is a tracker of healthcare-related executive orders (EOs) issued by the Trump administration, including overviews of each EO and the date each EO was signed. We will regularly update this tracker as additional EOs are...more

Baker Donelson

Executive Orders on Domestic Production of Critical Medicines and Biological Research Security

Baker Donelson on

What Happened? The President signed two companion Executive Orders (EO) on May 5, 2025 that collectively signal a significant federal pivot toward (i) accelerating the domestic manufacture of pharmaceuticals deemed "critical"...more

Foley Hoag LLP

U.S. Department of Commerce Investigates Possible Tariffs on Pharmaceuticals: Forecasting the Impact and an Opportunity to Comment

Foley Hoag LLP on

I. Key Takeaways - - The Secretary of Commerce is investigating the effects of imports of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical ingredients (and their derivative products) on national security to support potential tariffs or...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

China Formalizes Regulatory Data Protection Mechanism

Ropes & Gray LLP on

Recently, the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) issued the draft version of 'Implementation Measures for Drug Trial Data Protection (hereinafter referred to as the 'Draft for Comments'), aiming to clarify the...more

Knobbe Martens

Two Bills Introduced to Target “Patent Thickets” and “Product Hopping”

Knobbe Martens on

On March 17, 2025, a bipartisan group of senators introduced two bills intended to decrease the cost of prescription drugs. The sponsors include Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.),...more

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

Biosimilars at the Crossroads: A $234 Billion Opportunity or a Missed Chance for Healthcare Savings?

The U.S. stands at a crossroads in light of rising drug prices and it is unclear what the future will hold in answer to the rising drug costs. Biologic medicines have rapidly expanded available treatment options and accounted...more

74 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 3

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide