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FDA Tells Congress What It Wants, What it Really Really Wants (it really really really wants a zigazig-ah)

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the extraordinary focus on drug pricing in the last decade, generic competition—FDA’s only real way to have an effect on drug pricing—tops this year’s list. FDA believes this change would effectuate timelier and more cost-efficient generic drug development.”

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Price Limits, Affordability Boards, Penalties, Oh My: Minnesota Enacts Sweeping Drug Pricing Reforms

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Kirschenbaum — On May 24, Minnesota enacted the Commerce and Consumer Protection Omnibus Bill, Senate File 2744 ( SF 2744 ), which significantly expands the state’s existing drug pricing activities with serious implications for all drug manufacturers, and particularly generic drug manufacturers.

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Year in Review: Top Legal Developments of 2023

Big Molecule Watch

As we settle into 2024, we reflect on the significant legal developments of 2023 that hold potential impact on the biologics and biosimilars market. The following is a recap of some of the top five legal decisions and developments in the biosimilars and biologics space in 2023 that we covered on the Big Molecule Watch.

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Patents: a necessary evil?

European Pharmaceutical Review

1 However, patent protection for pharmaceutical products is an economic trade-off between providing monopoly rights that incentivise development of future products and permitting higher drug prices to recoup the investment. Patents are often described as the ‘lifeblood’ of pharmaceutical companies.

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The Fourth Circuit Upholds CMS’ Definition of “Line-Extension Drug” and “New Formulation”

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Under the Medicaid Drug Rebate statute, a pharmaceutical manufacturer whose drug prices increase faster than the rate of inflation must pay additional per-unit rebates to the program. NDA or BLA drugs). Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servs., 23-1457 (4th Cir.

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Sandoz spin-off continues Novartis’ focus on innovation; $22bn purchase rumoured

Pharmaceutical Technology

The company told GlobalData PharmSource: “The biosimilar facilities in Austria and Slovenia would continue to manufacture biosimilars for Sandoz under a contractual agreement with Novartis. This came after an attempted sell-off starting last October was met with no formal offers from a buyer.

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Court Grants Summary Judgment Ending AstraZeneca’s Lawsuit Challenging the IRA

Big Molecule Watch

Today, the district court for the District of Delaware (Judge Connolly) granted the government’s motion for summary judgment on all claims brought by AstraZeneca in its Complaint challenging the Drug Price Negotiation Program of the IRA. There are now seven remaining lawsuits challenging the Drug Price Negotiation Program of the IRA.