Pharma in Brief

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

On January 26, 2024, Health Canada published a Notice concerning its application of the definition of Canadian Reference Product ( CRP ) in the Food and Drug Regulations ( Regulations ). For instance, the generic drug must be “the pharmaceutical equivalent of the [CRP]” and be “bioequivalent with the [CRP]”.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 22, 2023

Claire D’Abreau-Hayling, Chief Scientific Officer at Sandoz, examines how generic products can relieve industry pressure and improve access to essential medicines. Off-patent medicines today account for about 80% of global prescriptions at an estimated 20% of the total cost. What are complex generics?

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Camargo

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Unpacking the (Black) Box: Antares Licenses Urology Product with Boxed Warning. When the FDA requires a product’s labeling to include a boxed warning (also called a “black box warning” because the text is surrounded by black border), the potential market value of the drug often drops severely. In October, the U.S.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

While the approval pathway for biosimilar products was established 12 years ago, there are still misconceptions about how biosimilars are approved, biosimilarity versus interchangeable status and which patients can be treated with biosimilars. Biosimilars are the “generic” drugs of the biopharma world. What is a Biosimilar?

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has approved its Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) for Glucagon for Injection Emergency Kit, 1 mg. This further highlights Amphastar’s considerable abilities to bring complex generic drugs to the market, and more specifically, our strong peptide capabilities.”

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Delveinsight

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

According to the CDC, in 2018, tobacco companies spent over USD 9 Billion in just promoting and marketing their cigars and cigarettes in the US. This means that the companies generating revenue out of their tobacco products are affluent enough to collectively spend USD 1 million every hour on advertising their products.

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Pharmacy Checkers

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

In fact, they asked ConsumerLab.com, sister company to PharmacyChecker, to test the product. Sure enough, ConsumerLab.com discovered that the 300mg version was clearly not bioequivalent. As of February 2020, the Graedons say there is no authorized generic version (i.e., Product of Turkey; Manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline 98%.

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