Pfenex’ manufacturing and marketing partner for follow-on Forteo (teriparatide), Alvogen, has “begun discussing next steps” with the US Food and Drug Administration after the agency last month served the firms with a notice to conduct further studies to prove that their PF708 teriparatide product is therapeutically equivalent to Eli Lilly’s reference product.
The FDA approved Pfenex’ hybrid 505(b)(2) new drug application for PF708, to be known as Bonsity, in October last year,...




