With Europe’s biosimilars industry bolstered by a recent statement from the EMA and HMA, as well as the prospect of a more streamlined regulatory pathway in future, Medicines for Europe’s biosimilars chair Isabell Remus and director of biosimilars policy and science Julie Maréchal-Jamil spoke to Generics Bulletin to discuss the path forward.
There was an air of positivity at Medicines for Europe’s 18th Biosimilar Medicines Conference held in Brussels, Belgium, in early October, especially given that the region’s biosimilars industry had recently been bolstered by a statement from the European Medicines Agency and Heads of Medicines Agencies setting out the scientific rationale supporting the interchangeability of biosimilars in the EU (see sidebar).
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The UK government has said it will invest almost £30m ($40.4m) in AI technologies to modernize the NHS and reduce wait times – but for the medtech sector, the devil will be in the details.
The UK government has said it will invest almost £30m ($40.4m) in AI technologies to modernize the NHS and reduce wait times – but for the medtech sector, the devil will be in the details.
An abbreviated licensure pathway for biologics was created by the 2009 Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act. Biologics demonstrated to be biosimilar to or interchangeable with FDA-approved products can use the 351(k) biologics license application pathway. Biosimilars BLAs submitted under the 351(k) pathway have a 12 month user fee goal for FDA action. Updated weekly.
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Teva and Biocon Biologics have become the latest firms to sign up to the Biosimilars Forum industry association in the US.
