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Latest News | 1 April 2013

FDA Releases Fourth Biosimilar Guidance Outlining New Types of Meetings

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a fourth and long-anticipated draft guidance document pertaining to the regulatory pathway for biosimilar products, this time on how sponsors Read More...


Latest News | 18 March 2013

Hamburg Touts Regulatory Flexibility of Agency, Notes Upcoming Breakthrough Guidance

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In a speech before the biotechnology industry of Massachusetts, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg explained that her agency is doing all that it can to meet the Read More...


Latest News | 30 January 2013

Industry Giants Spar Over Substitutability and Interchangeability of Biosimilar Products

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A famous quote from Shakespeare famously states that, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." But if a recent spat covered in The New York Times on the interchangeability of biological Read More...


Latest News | 9 January 2013

2013 to Bring Regulatory Opportunities, Difficulties: Report

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Manufacturers of pharmaceutical products may be experiencing their best approval rates in years thanks to a more receptive US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), but that doesn’t mean the industry is Read More...


Latest News | 8 October 2012

Data Exclusivity for Biologics at Forefront of International Trade Agreement Negotiations

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A host of biopharmaceutical regulatory issues are said to be at the forefront of trade talks between the US and a group of 11 countries in the Asia-Pacific, potentially complicating both the agreement Read More...


Latest News | 28 September 2012

EMA to Allow Biosimilar Applications to Reference Data from Products Approved Outside EU

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has announced its intent to accept clinical data from biosimilar medicines approved outside the European Economic Area (EEA), allowing companies an alternate and Read More...


Latest News | 17 September 2012

Pharmacovigilance Concerns Lead Group to Call for Unique Names for Biosimilars

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A new survey released by the Alliance for Safe Biologic Medicines (ASBM), a group supported by branded biologics companies, says that biosimilar medicines should be required to use distinct names to Read More...


Latest News | 31 July 2012

User Fees Published for Drugs, Biosimilar Products

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published information regarding user fees payable to the agency between October 2012 and September 2013 for prescription drug, veterinary and biosimilar Read More...


Regulatory Update | 11 July 2012

India: India's Biosimilar Guidance to Come Into Effect in August

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India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) published the final biosimilar guidance setting forth the regulatory requirements for marketing authorization for such products on 4 July Read More...


Regulatory Update | 25 June 2012

Brazil: Anvisa Publishes New Reference Product Proposal

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Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published a new proposed rule on medicines used as reference products for generic equivalents (RDC No. 35/12) on 19 June 2012.According to the Read More...


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