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Educating Patients about Generic Drugs: Strategies for Success

Drug Patent Watch

“2021 Generic Drug & Biosimilars Access & Savings in the U.S. ” Health Affairs, 2011. Janet Woodcock, Director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Sources cited: U.S. Food and Drug Administration. “Generic Drugs: Questions & Answers.” ” FDA.gov, 2021. Kesselheim, A.S.,

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Biocon Biologics expands insulin access in Malaysia

Express Pharma

Biocon Biologics (BBL), a global biosimilars company, announced that its Malaysian subsidiary, Biocon Sdn. has supplied over 100 million cartridges of recombinant human insulin (rh-insulin) to Malaysia’s Ministry of Health (MoH). This milestone marks a key development in BBL’s support for diabetes care and insulin accessibility in Malaysia.

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MAHA, Nutrition, and the FDA

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

However, it’s fair to say that FDA’s food program has focused primarily on implementation of the many mandates in the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011. More recently, the agency invested significant efforts in modernizing nutrition labeling requirements and implementing a sodium reduction initiative.

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ASBM Statement on Executive Order Implementing MFN Pricing

Safe Biologics

Many medicines are never available in these jurisdictions: Of cancer medicines launched globally between 2011 and 2019, more than 96% are available to US patients while only 65% are available in Australia, Japan and the UK. Cancer death rates per 100,000 are 1.6 times higher in Europe than those in the US.

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ICH Q6(R1): test criteria and specifications

European Pharmaceutical Review

The Biosimilar Landscape: An Overview of Regulatory Approvals by the EMA and FDA. EMA/CHMP/ICH/425213/2011. September 1999, CPMP/ICH/365/96. Eglovitch JS. EU Official Says ICH Q6B Is Outdated And Needs Revision. Internet] Regulatory Focus. cited 2024August]. Available from: [link] 4. Pharmaceutics. 2021; 13(1): 48. 22 June 2017.

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Into the Ashtray: FDA’s Previous Proposal to Ban Menthol Cigarettes

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

As an aside, TPSAC and its 2011 report were not without controversy; although later overturned by the D.C. 44,484 (July 24, 2013).

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STAT+: Regeneron’s Eylea sales dip, as competition looms

STAT

Wall Street had been watching sales figures closely, for fear that competition from biosimilars — a form of generic — and new medicines from rival drugmakers could cut into the sales that have fueled Regeneron’s growth since Eylea was approved in 2011. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…