US FDA's focus on areas such as REMS abuse may have prompted certain brand sponsors to shift their focus to the commercial space to keep generic competition off the market, former commissioner Scott Gottlieb tells the Association for Accessible Medicines.
A notable focus of the US Food and Drug Administration during the tenure of Scott Gottlieb centered on the regulatory "gaming" tactics used by branded industry to prevent generic competition from reaching the market. But many of those tactics have now shifted to the commercial space, the former agency commissioner said.
Speaking at the Association for Accessible Medicines' GRx+Biosims 2019 meeting on 6 November, Gottlieb contended that innovators have mostly moved...
The Philippines medicines regulator explains how it intends to implement the ASEAN mutual recognition agreement under which member states have committed to accept bioequivalence study reports for generics issued by approved BE centers.
Private Company Edition: June’s eight $100m-plus venture capital rounds already outpace the seven each raised in March, April and May, including €255m ($274.2m) for ITM and $200m for Upstream, but while there were five $25m or less VC financings during the past week, mid-sized deals were lacking.
Novartis continues to fight tooth and nail to protect its $3bn Entresto brand in the US following the latest FDA approval of a generic version.
A US FDA analysis found that facility inspection issues were the fastest growing factor in the recent rise of complete response letters for biologics licensing applications, in part reflecting the limitations of single-product inspections at contract facilities manufacturing multiple products.
Novartis continues to fight tooth and nail to protect its $3bn Entresto brand in the US following the latest FDA approval of a generic version.
A list of EU biosimilar filings, CHMP opinions and EU marketing authorizations, including details of the biosimilar company, the brand name/INN, indication(s), the reference product/company, and the date and type of event.
