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Continuing Appropriations Act Includes FDA Reauthorization of User Fees

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The Act reauthorizes FDA’s user fee programs but omits several proposed reforms to the FDA regulatory framework, setting the stage for further negotiations in Congress. Key Points: ..Congress authorized FDA to...more

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FDA RWD/RWE regulatory considerations in draft guidance highlight opportunities and challenges - Laying groundwork for...

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This month, FDA released the latest in a series of agency guidance to advance the development and use of real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE) in clinical trial designs for drug development programs. The draft...more

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance for Sponsors and Other Stakeholders on Using Registries as RWD to Support Regulatory Decision-Making

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its third draft guidance under the Real-World Evidence (RWE) Program on November 29, 2021. In Real-World Data: Assessing Registries to Support Regulatory Decision-Making for...more

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FDA Approves First Interchangeable Biological Product Under BPCIA

On July 28, the FDA approved the country’s first interchangeable biosimilar product. Semglee (insulin glargine-yfgn) is both biosimilar to, and interchangeable with, its reference product Lantus (insulin glargine). Under...more

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Time’s up: New enforcement era for regenerative medicines begins June 1 - CBER reiterates May 31 end for HCT/P compliance “grace...

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On April 21, 2021, FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) Director Peter Marks M.D. confirmed that the grace period intended to provide developers of regenerative medicines with time to assess whether they...more

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FDA issues guidance on conducting remote interactive evaluations during the COVID-19 pandemic

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On April 14, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the immediately-in-effect guidance “Remote Interactive Evaluations of Drug Manufacturing and Bioresearch Monitoring Facilities During the COVID-19 Public...more

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Current Good Manufacturing Practices in the Time of COVID-19: FDA Announces New Expectations on Risk Assessment and Risk...

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FDA recently published its “Good Manufacturing Practice Considerations for Responding to COVID-19 Infection in Employees in Drug and Biological Products Manufacturing Guidance for Industry” (“Guidance”) which provides...more

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FDA and EMA Address Quality and Manufacturing Challenges for Breakthrough Therapies Undergoing Expedited Approval

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On July 31, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) published a joint report on their efforts to support the development of and expedite access to breakthrough therapies that...more

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Florida Board of Pharmacy Initiates Work on International Export Pharmacy Permit Application and Rules

International export pharmacies took another step forward towards a separate, distinct licensure in Florida as the Florida Board of Pharmacy held a specially called Rules Sub-Committee Meeting on June 27, 2019, to address the...more

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What comes out, must go back in: Court sides with FDA on “same surgical procedure” and “homologous use” definitions governing...

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FDA authority to crack down on illegally marketed stem cell treatments confirmed - On Monday, a federal District Court in Florida issued a decisive blow against US Stem Cell Clinic, LLC, granting the U.S. Food and Drug...more

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Year in Review: Top U.S. Biosimilars-Related Regulatory Developments of 2018

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Here are our picks for the most significant U.S. regulatory developments related to biosimilars in 2018: 1. FDA Releases Biosimilars Action Plan - In July, FDA released the Biosimilar Action Plan (BAP), which outlines...more

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Regulatory News Roundup

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Below are some recent regulatory developments in the biologics space. As we previously reported, USP has been considering a revision to the naming conventions for the titles of biologics product monographs. ...more

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European Commission invites targeted stakeholders for consultation on duplicate marketing authorisations for biological medicinal...

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The European Commission is seeking consultation on proposed clarifications for handling duplicate marketing authorisations from stakeholders....more

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2017 Biosimilar Approvals in Europe

The European biosimilar market has expanded at record pace in 2017.  The EMA approved marketing of sixteen biosimilar products referencing seven different innovator biologic products.  For five of the innovator products –...more

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Is it a drug, device, biologic, or combination product? FDA issues final guidance on classification

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On September 26, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final guidance document providing further clarity on how FDA classifies a product as a drug, device, biological product, or a combination product,...more

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EMA released reflexion paper clarifying information related to the selection of starting materials

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The European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) has released a reflexion paper on the requirements for selection and justification of starting materials for the manufacture of chemical active substances. The reflexion paper provides...more

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FDA Begins Reorganization that Will Affect How it Regulates Medical Technology

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What impact will the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s significant reorganization efforts have on how the agency regulates medical technology? The agency is reorganizing the Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) and combining...more

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"Double Dip" Effectively Approved by Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

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Last week the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued Release No. 104 to Manufacturers and Release No. 180, which invalidated earlier agency releases addressing the treatment under the Medicaid drug rebate...more

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Current good manufacturing practice requirements for combination products

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On January 11, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final guidance document entitled “Current Good Manufacturing Practice Requirements for Combination Products.”[1] This guidance describes and explains...more

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UK MHRA to develop quality standards for biological medicines

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The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (“MHRA”) has published a draft strategy for developing pharmacopoeial public quality standards for biological medicines....more

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