Sandoz argued against paying higher rebates for two of its drugs via the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Medicaid drug rebate program in a US court six years after the suggestion was first made.
Sandoz has filed what it calls a “defensive” lawsuit against the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services related to the ongoing possibility that two of its drugs could be classified as ‘innovator’ drugs under the Medicaid drug rebate program statute and subject to higher rebates.
Six years ago, CMS told Sandoz that two of its drugs should be classified as innovator drugs: Anectine (succinylcholine chloride),...
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.
