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Biotechnology Can Fight Climate Change—but Trade Negotiators Need to Act - "Emerging biotechnology, such as gene-editing, can safely and effectively change our planet's future for the better." Why this is important:...more
Bye-Bye, Bitcoin: It's Time to Ban Cryptocurrencies - "International banking officials say cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin are speculative assets, not sustainable, usable money." Why this is important: This opinion piece...more
Case Name: Piramal Healthcare US Ltd. v. Novartis Pharms. Corp., No. 19-12651 (SRC), 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38849 (D.N.J. Mar. 5, 2020) (Chesler, J.)....more
CAR T-Cell therapy, a new biologic therapy, is taking off. As companies continue to develop this new and promising therapy, patent litigation inevitably follows. ...more
Big Pharma is testing crucial boundaries in the way that the nation determines the safety and effectiveness of prescription medications. And regulators, for patients’ sake, need to shove back — hard....more
A new report out Tuesday from the Food & Drug Administration reveals that drug maker Novartis “concealed manipulated data” from the agency “while applying for approval of an extremely expensive gene therapy treatment and then...more
Over the past few weeks, numerous biologics and biosimilar companies released their quarterly earnings for Q1 2018 and held related earnings calls. Below are some highlights...more
Novartis recently released its Q2 2017 financials, which included updates on various biosimilar products in its subsidiary Sandoz’s pipeline. Pegfligrastim - As we previously reported last July, the FDA last year...more
Case Name: Novartis Pharms. Corp. v. Breckenridge Pharm., Inc., Civ. Nos. 14-1043-RGA, 14-1196-RGA, 14-1289-RGA, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46595 (D. Del. Mar. 28, 2017) (Andrews, J.)....more
The EMA announced on January 27 that Novartis and Sandoz have withdrawn their marketing application for their pegfilgrastim biosimilar (Zioxtenzo). The application was withdrawn after the Committee for Medicinal Products for...more
Yesterday, during its Q4 2016 earnings call, Novartis CMO Vasant Narasimhan told investors that its subsidiary Sandoz had delayed filing its aBLA for a biosimilar of Humira® (adalimumab), which originally had been planned for...more
Novartis announced on Friday that the EGALITY study, analyzing the clinical safety and efficacy of Sandoz’s etanercept biosimilar, was published in the British Journal of Dermatology. The 52-week EGALITY study involved...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
Novartis came one step closer to becoming the first company to offer a biosimilar drug for sale in the United States. Last month, an independent panel voted 14-0 to recommend FDA approval of Sandoz’s (Novartis’ generics...more
A federal advisory panel has helped clear the path for what may be the first biosimilar biologic drug ever approved in the United States. Interestingly, generics of traditional drugs have been available in the U.S. for...more