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Janssen questions literature review on biosimilar switching studies as authors defend it
22 May 2018 - Three employees of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Pharmaceuticals, which has not publicly disclosed that it is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 May 2018
U.S. FDA accepts and acknowledges Coherus BioSciences biologics license application of CHS-1701 (pegfilgrastim biosimilar candidate) for review
14 May 2018 - Coherus BioSciences today announced the U.S. FDA has accepted and acknowledged for review the re-submission of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 May 2018
FDA approves first epoetin alfa biosimilar for the treatment of anemia
15 May 2017 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Retacrit (epoetin alfa-epbx) as a biosimilar to Epogen/Procrit (epoetin ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 May 2018
Games and greed delay the market entry of money-saving biosimilars
9 May 2018 - Generic medicines have saved Americans $1.67 trillion in the last decade. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 May 2018
How the U.S. compares to Europe on biosimilar approvals and products in the pipeline
2 May 2018 - FDA has not approved any biosimilar drug in 2018. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 May 2018
Coherus Biosciences re-submits biologics license application for CHS-1701 (pegfilgrastim biosimilar candidate)
3 May 2018 - Coherus BioSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHRS), today announced the re-submission of its biologics license application (BLA) for CHS-1701, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 May 2018
Sandoz receives complete response letter from the US FDA for proposed biosimilar rituximab
2 May 2018 - Sandoz, a Novartis division, announced today that the US FDA has issued a complete response letter ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2018
Pfizer provides update on proposed trastuzumab biosimilar
23 April 2018 - Pfizer today announced that it received a complete response letter from the United States FDA in response ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Apr 2018
FDA official insists U.S. is catching up to Europe on biosimilar regulations, approvals
17 April 2018 - The FDA lags behind its European counterpart when it comes to approving biosimilars — but a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Apr 2018
FDA rejects Teva/Celltrion biosimilars
6 April 2018 - Teva and Celltrion’s attempt to muscle in on the multi-billion dollar US cancer and inflammatory disease ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Apr 2018
FDA charts path forward for biosimilars — but drug makers aren’t all on board
30 March 2018 - In his recent public appearances, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has sounded a repeating note: drug prices ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2018
To make copycat drugs more competitive, the FDA is taking a harder look at the originals
28 March 2018 - The FDA wants to improve branded drugs to help bolster the biosimilars market. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Mar 2018
‘Rigged’ system blocks use of lower cost drugs, FDA Chief says
7 March 2018 - FDA has approved nine biosimilars, only three for sale in U.S. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Mar 2018
Friction in the path to use of biosimilar drugs
1 March 2018 - Enactment of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act in 2010 raised expectations that new competition would ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2018
Sandoz regulatory submission for proposed biosimilar adalimumab accepted by FDA
16 January 2018 - The comprehensive data package provided is expected to demonstrate that Sandoz proposed biosimilar adalimumab matches the reference ...