The US Food and Drug Administration has mostly denied a citizen petition filed by Celgene requesting the agency add new requirements for generic sponsors developing rivals to the originator’s Abraxane (protein-bound paclitaxel) for injectable suspension, as part of an attempt to delay competition to the complex treatment for forms of cancer.
More than six years ago, Celgene petitioned the FDA to refrain from receiving for substantive review or approving any abbreviated...





