FDA has denied AbbVie’s Citizen Petition on interchangeability. Back in December 2015, AbbVie submitted a Citizen Petition to FDA requesting that the agency take certain actions regarding interchangeability standards for...more
About 12 months ago, AbbVie filed a Citizen Petition asking the FDA to take certain steps to tighten and clarify its procedures for making interchangeability determinations. Earlier this year, both Sandoz and GPhA urged the...more
On the same day that FDA approved the first biosimilar of Humira, the fourth biosimilar to be approved in the U.S., it also denied a citizen petition filed by Abbott Laboratories (now AbbVie) requesting that FDA not accept...more
FDA denied citizen’s petitions from Abbvie, the UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust, and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (“PhRMA”) and Biotechnology Industry Organization (“BIO”) trade associations...more
As we previously reported, late last year the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) trade associations jointly submitted a Citizen Petition asking the FDA...more
In 2015, FDA issued a number of final guidance documents for biosimilars. But many fundamental questions remain unsettled and the industry awaits FDA’s guidance on labeling of biosimilars, the requirements for...more
AbbVie, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, has submitted a citizen petition to the FDA regarding determinations of interchangeability under the BPCIA. An interchangeable biological product is biosimilar to a reference...more
On June 2, 2015, AbbVie submitted a citizen petition to the FDA arguing against its interim labeling requirements for biosimilar products under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (“BPCIA”). As of now, the FDA...more