FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JULY 31, 2023

Three years after that letter, DEA proposed a rule to amend its regulations consistent with CARA on December 20, 2020. Now, in July 2023, DEA has finally issued its final rule amending its regulations for partial filling of prescriptions for schedule II substances. 78,282 (Dec. 46,983 (July 21, 2023). b)(5)(i)). (2)

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

AUGUST 9, 2023

Houck — If a patient presents a paper prescription for a controlled substance to a pharmacy and the pharmacy cannot fill it, the patient can take that prescription to another pharmacy. Instead, the patient must request that the prescriber send a new prescription to a different pharmacy. 48365, 48369 (July 27, 2023).

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

AUGUST 8, 2024

Governors, state cannabis regulators, law enforcement groups and local governments weighed in, as did marijuana advocates and opponents, marijuana industry associations, Members of Congress, federal law enforcement groups, healthcare and human rights groups, unions and trade associations, and private individuals. 53,767 (Aug.

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 6, 2025

As pharma companies grapple with mounting pressure from regulators, payers, and evolving market dynamics, the CSO model offers a compelling alternative to traditional, fully in-house sales forces. These markets are characterized by stringent pricing regulations and decentralized healthcare systems, making localized sales expertise essential.

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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. Palmer , Larry K. Houck , and Kalie E.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MAY 13, 2024

Gibbs & Ana Loloei & Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — FDA has long touted the use of real-world evidence ( RWE ). RWD can be collected from a wide range of sources, such as electronic health records, registries, administrative claims, pharmacy data, and feedback from wearables and mobile technology.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JANUARY 22, 2024

The tools it uses to accomplish that mission include those designed to help regulated entities that want to follow best public health practices, like guidances, public notifications, and requests for information. This is another area in which FDA works with industry to try to ensure voluntary compliance from regulated entities.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JUNE 27, 2024

DEA recently revoked the registration of Coconut Grove Pharmacy (“Coconut Grove”), like Gulf Med Pharmacy also in Florida, for its failure to resolve prescribing red flags and document such resolution. Coconut Grove Pharmacy; Decision and Order, 89 Fed. Gulf Med Pharmacy; Decision and Order, 86 Fed. 72,694, 72,703 (Dec.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This financial assistance directs the pharmacy to bill all or part of the patient’s copayment obligations to the manufacturer instead of the patient. The ACA sets an annual cap on the amount that insurers can require insured individuals to pay out of pocket for their medical expenses.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JUNE 16, 2023

Prohibition on Excessive Price Increases The law prohibits manufacturers from imposing or causing to be imposed an “excessive price increase,” whether directly or through a wholesale distributor, pharmacy, or similar intermediary, on the sale of any generic or off-patent drug sold or dispensed to any consumer in the state.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

APRIL 22, 2025

The stakes are high when a DEA-registered practitioner, pharmacy, distributor, manufacturer, or other registrant receives an Order to Show Cause (or OSC) from DEA. If you decide to request a hearing, DEAs revised hearing regulations require that you simultaneously file an Answer to the Order to Show Cause.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MARCH 27, 2023

Baumhardt, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — The Unique Device Identification (UDI) System final rule requires all medical devices to bear a unique numeric or alphanumeric code in easily readable plain-text and machine-readable form. retail stores, pharmacies, and payors) are ready for the UDI transition by September 24, 2023.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MARCH 4, 2024

By Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert & Deborah L. By actively updating the information related to shortages, FDA intends to allow the public and prescribers to develop alternative treatment plans before learning a prescription cannot be filled at the pharmacy when there is a supply issue.

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Drug Channels

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers is a definitive, nonpartisan resource that includes the most current information about pharmacy dispensing channels, third-party payers, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), patients’ financial contributions, government regulations, and much more.

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Agency IQ

OCTOBER 20, 2023

BsUFA III regulatory science pilot offers progress report, fields stakeholder criticisms and questions This week, FDA and its grantees briefed stakeholders on the status of research projects funded through the Biosimilar User Fee Act (BSUFA III) Regulatory Science Pilot Program. Developing biosimilars is an extensive and expensive process.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Manufacturers must also ensure that all electronic FDA listings and all NDC listings with the electronic database vendors used to process pharmacy claims, including information about discontinued drugs, are up to date for all applicable drug and selected drug NDCs. 1395w-114c(b)(4)(B)(i).

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Agency IQ

OCTOBER 27, 2023

What We Expect the FDA to do in November 2023 In this ongoing feature, AgencyIQ looks at public data to determine what the FDA is likely to do in the month ahead, including key deadlines, meetings, events, planned regulations, comment periods and more.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Gaulkin — In May 2023, we posted about a CMS proposed regulation that sought to make a wide variety of changes to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP), including a new “price verification survey,” and a controversial proposal to require “stacking” of discounts to different customers when determining best price.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MAY 16, 2024

But there has been a recent string of large civil monetary settlements, some in the millions of dollars, to resolve allegations that hospitals’ non-compliance with the federal Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) and DEA regulations allowed employees to divert staggering quantities of controlled substances.

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Agency IQ

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Under the FDA’s Good Guidance Practices regulation at 21 CFR 10.115 , the agency is required to annually publish “a list of possible topics for future guidance document development or revision during the next year.” Our review found that CDER is planning several notable new guidances, including one on artificial intelligence.

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Agency IQ

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In other cases, the FDA is under no obligation to release a document at any time, but is instead developing the document on its own accord. We have tried to sort guidance documents by topic area.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JUNE 2, 2023

Kirschenbaum — Last Friday, May 26, CMS published in the Federal Register an assortment of proposals to change the regulations governing the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. It is not our purpose to describe all of the nearly 20 changes proposed in this regulation, but the most noteworthy are described below, roughly in order of importance.

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Agency IQ

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

What We Expect the FDA to do in October 2023 In this ongoing feature, AgencyIQ looks at public data to determine what the FDA is likely to do in the month ahead, including key deadlines, meetings, events, planned regulations, comment periods and more.

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Agency IQ

DECEMBER 1, 2023

What We Expect the FDA to do in December 2023 In this ongoing feature, AgencyIQ looks at public data to determine what the FDA is likely to do in the month ahead, including key deadlines, meetings, events, planned regulations, comment periods and more.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

While not stated in the Temporary Rule, telemedicine prescribers and pharmacies should ensure that state laws permit telemedicine prescribing, and should ensure they hold necessary licenses in accordance with state law, especially if prescribing or dispensing across state lines.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MAY 13, 2025

FDA may issue such waivers by regulation or on a case-by-case basis. FDA recognized that there are pharmacy websites that operate legally and offer convenience, privacy, and safeguards for purchasing medicines, but there are many that fail to adhere to safeguards followed by pharmacies licensed in the U.S. consumers.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

JUNE 23, 2024

The CSA and regulations promulgated by DEA are intended to reduce the potential for diversion and abuse and ensure that controlled substances are dispensed and delivered to patients for a legitimate medical purpose. 2] Why is this an issue? the “ultimate user”).

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MAY 12, 2025

by November 12), if significant progress toward MFN pricing is not made, HHS must propose a regulation to impose it. What will constitute significant progress toward MFN pricing that will avoid a regulation? What types of drugs are to be covered: brands, generics, biologics, biosimilars, or some combination?

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