BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

JULY 22, 2025

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Vaccine

Drug Channels

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Click here to download a free report overview (including a summary of industry trends, the Table of Contents, and a List of Exhibits) New Drug Channels Institute Study: Biosimilars Are Delivering Higher Profits for Drug Distributors (press release) We’re offering special discounted pricing if you order before October 15, 2021!

Pharmaceuticals

Drug Channels

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Click here to download a free report overview (including a summary of industry trends, the Table of Contents, and a List of Exhibits) New Drug Channels Institute Study: U.S. We also update sections that were introduced in recent editions, such as our estimates of wholesalers' profits from provider-administered biosimilar drugs.

Pharmaceuticals

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

APRIL 25, 2024

This Revised Draft Guidance provides considerations for manufacturers, packers or distributors (dubbed “firms”) of prescription biological reference products, biosimilar products, and interchangeable biosimilar products presenting data and information about such products in promotional materials in a truthful and non-misleading way.

Biosimilars

The Pharma Data

APRIL 18, 2022

. “Amgen remains committed to providing patients who live with inflammatory diseases access to high-quality biosimilar medicines,” said David M. Amgen has a total of 11 biosimilars in its portfolio, including five that have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and three that are approved in the EU.

Biosimilars

Agency IQ

APRIL 26, 2024

Updated guidance on promotional labeling for biosimilars and interchangeables emphasizes a similar approach Today, the FDA issued a revised draft guidance on the development of promotional labeling for biosimilars, reference products, and—newly—interchangeable products. regarding its administration, preparation, storage, or safety).

Biosimilars

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

HP&M has been helping clients navigate the challenges of state licensing regulations for drugs, biologics, medical devices, OTCs, 503B outsourcing facilities, 503A pharmacies, foods, dietary supplements, cannabis, and wholesalers/distributors for many years. Keup has joined the firm to assist attorneys Karla L.

Licensing

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Relevant here, FDA interpreted in Guidance that a proposed injectable biosimilar must “demonstrate that its product has the same strength as the reference product by demonstrating that both products have the same total content of drug substance (in mass or units of activity) and the same concentration of drug substance.”

FDA

Agency IQ

JULY 26, 2024

FDA’s new guidance on postapproval manufacturing changes for biosimilars focuses on current practice, new dosage forms Meeting a biosimilar user fee commitment, the FDA is expanding on its recommendations for biosimilar and interchangeable product applicants asking the FDA for post-approval manufacturing changes.

Biosimilars

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JANUARY 11, 2024

The FIE determination released in fall 2023 involves the Reference Product AbbVie’s Humira (adalimumab) and two interchangeable biosimilars—first approved is Cyltezo (adalimumab-adbm), filed by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc, which was followed by Abrilada (adalimumab-afzb), filed by Pfizer.

Biosimilars

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Since 1962, the FD&C Act has authorized FDA to require that sponsors of clinical trials submit data from “preclinical tests (including tests on animals)” in order to demonstrate that their drug is safe enough to advance to testing in humans. For more on FDORA’s other provisions, see HPM’s complete summary here ). FDORA § 3209(a)(2).

Animal Testing

Drug Channels

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

On March 14, 2023, Drug Channels Institute will release The 2023 Economic Report on U.S. drug pricing, reimbursement, and dispensing system. we highlight potential implications of the IRA for the drug channel. If you have any questions before purchasing a license to the report, please email me. In Subsection 12.5.1.,

Pharmacy

DrugBank

OCTOBER 4, 2024

This involves assessing the strength and breadth of patents, evaluating the potential for future patent challenges, and analyzing the value derived from licensing agreements and royalty streams. The high costs associated with bringing a new drug to market, estimated to be over $2.6

Pharmaceuticals

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

AUGUST 6, 2025

HPM’s Michelle Butler and Allyson Mullen will be representing the drug and device perspectives, respectively. This program will be a half-day, in-person event at Freshfields’ Silicon Valley office on Wednesday September 10, 2025, and will feature a number of panels and speakers.

Science

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JANUARY 11, 2024

Given the significant growth and development opportunities available in Puerto Rico, Karla and Dara will discuss the FDA’s prescription drug approval process, and more importantly the “exportation” of prescription pharmaceuticals — including controlled substances — from Puerto Rico into the United States.

Pharmaceuticals

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Gibbs — For more than three decades, FDA has claimed that the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic (FD&C Act) gives the agency legal authority to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs) as medical devices (see our prior post here ). Shumsky & Philip Won & Adrienne R. Gaulkin & Jeffrey N.

Laboratories

Drug Channels

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

On October 8, 2024, Drug Channels Institute will release our 2024-25 Economic Report on Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Specialty Distributors. Read more » © 2006-2024 HMP Omnimedia, LLC d/b/a Drug Channels Institute , an HMP Global Company. pharmaceutical distribution industry. Read on for more details. All rights reserved.

Pharmaceuticals

Drug Channels

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

On October 10, 2023, Drug Channels Institute will release 2023-24 Economic Report on Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Specialty Distributors. If you have any questions before purchasing a license to the report, please email me ( afein@drugchannels.net ). d/b/a Drug Channels Institute. pharmaceutical distribution industry.

Pharmaceuticals

The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 18, 2021

under a cooperative development and license agreement. Tofersen is also being studied in the Phase 3 ATLAS study, which is designed to estimate the capability of tofersen to delay clinical onset when initiated in presymptomatic individualities with a SOD1 inheritable mutation and biomarker substantiation of complaint exertion.

Biosimilars

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

By Riëtte van Laack — The dietary supplement exclusionary clause is, as its name suggests, a clause in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDC Act) definition of dietary supplement. That clause excludes those ingredients that were first marketed as drug ingredients.

Production

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JULY 18, 2023

Claud — The Office of Pharmaceutical Quality (OPQ), located within FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), uses global inspection, surveillance, policy, and research activities to set quality standards for drugs. That leaves 60% that manufacture at least one application product.

FDA

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JULY 5, 2023

Palmer — Last week FDA published a long-awaited Draft Guidance for outsourcing facilities addressing the Prohibition on Wholesaling Under Section 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Draft Guidance). See 21 U.S.C. 353b(a)(8). Section II at 2.

FDA

The Pharma Data

MAY 2, 2022

NYSE and TASE: TEVA), have reached an agreement with Lupin to resolve the dispute over Lupin’s Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) for a generic deutetrabenazine product. Food and Drug Administration in adults for the treatment of tardive dyskinesia and for the treatment of chorea associated with Huntington’s disease.

Pharmaceuticals

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

AUGUST 8, 2024

With apologies to Curtis Mayfield) By the close of the public comment period for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (“DEA’s”) proposal to reschedule marijuana two weeks ago, the agency had received over 43,500 comments.

Regulations

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JUNE 17, 2024

Claud — FDA’s Office of Pharmaceutical Quality (OPQ) in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) is charged with assuring that drugs marketed in the U.S. The Quality Report includes a rundown of what the universe of FDA-registered drug manufacturing sites looks like as included in the CDER Site Catalog. By Kalie E.

Pharmaceuticals

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JULY 10, 2025

Butler — In a move FDA is calling “radical transparency,” the Agency announced on July 10, 2025 that it has published 200+ Complete Response Letters (CRLs) issued in response to marketing applications for drugs and biologics on its openFDA database.

FDA

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MARCH 4, 2024

The draft guidance provides recommendations for applicants and manufacturers about the requirements for notifications about production changes of certain finished drugs and biological products and certain active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), and outlines information FDA would like to receive in addition to the requirements.

FDA

Agency IQ

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Following a 2018 draft framework, FDA unveils long-awaited PDURS draft guidance A long-awaited draft guidance on Prescription Drug Use-Related Software (PDURS) outlines when information from digital health tools could be represented on prescription drug labeling.

FDA

The Pharma Data

JANUARY 24, 2021

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted toripalimab Fast Track designation for the first-line treatment of mucosal melanoma. In December 2020, Toripalimab was included in the updated National Reimbursement Drug List (NRDL) (2020 Edition). The FTD is designed to make important new drugs accessible to patients faster.

FDA

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

As FDA explains on its website (which includes lists— here and here —of the more than 300 Accelerated Approvals (and withdrawals)): The FDA instituted its Accelerated Approval Program to allow for earlier approval of drugs that treat serious conditions, and fill an unmet medical need based on a surrogate endpoint.

FDA

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JUNE 27, 2024

Prescription Drug Cocktails The government’s expert opined that a combination of drugs in different classes or drugs with synergistic effects is a “drug-drug interaction red flag.” It also states that “[t]he pharmacist shall record any related information indicated by a licensed health care practitioner.” Id.

Pharmacy

Agency IQ

AUGUST 2, 2024

Happy 40 th Birthday, generic drugs: September 24 will mark the 40 th anniversary of the 1984 signing of the Hatch-Waxman Act, which created a formal pathway for the approval of generic drugs. We expect the FDA to mark the occasion, especially since drug pricing continues to be such a potent issue in the Presidential election.

FDA

Agency IQ

JULY 8, 2024

FDA Regulations and guidance under OIRA review as of July The White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) is the regulator of regulators, tasked with ensuring that all federal policies and regulations adhere to laws, existing regulations, federal policies and the wishes of the President.

FDA

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

AUGUST 9, 2023

Two licensed pharmacists must directly communicate the transfer. The content and prescription information elements required by 21 C.F.R. cannot be altered during the transmission. to be codified at 21 C.F.R. to be codified at 21 C.F.R.

Pharmacy

Agency IQ

JUNE 29, 2023

Prescription drug advertisements presented through media such as TV and radio must disclose the product’s major side effects and contraindications in what is sometimes called the major statement. 264) and the regulations in 21 CFR part 1271(361 HCT/Ps) are not regulated as drugs under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act).

FDA

The Pharma Data

JULY 27, 2021

We develop product candidates internally and through licensing collaborations, partnerships and joint ventures. Food and Drug Administration, and no conclusions can or should be drawn regarding the safety or effectiveness of the product candidates. Such product candidates are not approved by the U.S.

Production

The Pharma Data

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

About CodeBreaK The CodeBreaK clinical trial program for Amgen’s investigational drug sotorasib is designed to treat patients with multiple KRAS G12C -mutant solid tumors and address the longstanding unmet medical need for these cancers. Such product candidates are not approved by the U.S.

Clinical Trials