Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 5, 2023

Earlier this year, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries , one of India’s largest generic drug producers, reported a major cybersecurity breach , impacting its business operations. Regulators need to work together with industry to certify hot patches to quickly fix vulnerabilities while maintaining pharmaceutical quality,” adds Fracchia.

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Drug Patent Watch

JANUARY 13, 2025

The Rise of Biosimilars: A Healthcare Revolution Biosimilars, often referred to as the “generic equivalents” of biologic drugs, have been making waves in the pharmaceutical industry for over a decade. FAQs Q: What is the difference between a biosimilar and a generic drug? from 2020 to 2025[1].

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World of DTC Marketing

JUNE 22, 2022

The company has hired former senior health regulators to help it navigate America’s healthcare bureaucracy. . Then there is the cost of generic drugs. bil­lion in 2020 if it had pur­chased 77 of 89 drugs from Cuban’s firm. Generic drugs versus branded is also a considerable expense.

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World of DTC Marketing

AUGUST 7, 2022

Once limited to a few new treatments, it’s now being applied widely, even to generic drugs and established regimens.?The 87% of doctors say patients’ conditions have worsened because of red-tape regulations, and 83% worry the patients will suffer prolonged pain. Prior authorization is out of control. The result:?

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 25, 2022

The only way forward for generics producers. Margins in the generics market are overall being driven down, Harvard Medical School Health Economics professor Richard Frank, PhD, tells Pharmaceutical Technology. They are sometimes referred to as hybrid medicines by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

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Camargo

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

devices must be regulated as devices, and drugs—if they do not also satisfy the device definition—must be regulated as drugs.”. The drugs approved via PANDAs are often used as the reference listed drug (RLD) for ANDAs under 505(j), and they can also be used as the listed drug for 505(b)(2) applications.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The drug is also known for its illegal recreational use. In March 2019, the American regulator approved esketamine , an enantiomer of ketamine, for use in treatment-resistant depression as a nasal spray. Since ketamine is a generic drug, it is not lucrative to study for pharmaceutical companies, he adds.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has introduced a series of pricing regulations to reduce the national health insurance (NHI)-listed drug prices, including the implementation of annual off-year price revisions.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 10, 2008

As the blockbuster drugs of the 90s that earned the industry billions reach their patent shelf lives, pharmaceutical companies require new medicines to sustain an estimated $157bn worth of sales. Those 38 products generated just $10bn of the $316bn industry’s entire portfolio of medicines.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 28, 2022

It aims to ensure the quality of medicines by employing statistical, analytical, and risk-management methodology in the design, development, and manufacturing processes of medicines. In the case of generics, the only concerns you might see is where the brand name and generic drug contain different excipients,” explained Dr Amiji. “A

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pharmaphorum

JULY 28, 2022

Logistical challenges of getting the right materials in the right place remain two years after the pandemic began, causing significant drug shortages to end-users. Businesses are facing challenges in obtaining raw ingredients for medicines. So, what can we do to insulate against the risk of shortages in these crucial generic drugs?

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 15, 2022

Agency Supports Development of Complex Generic Drug-Device Combination Product to Improve Competition and Access to More Affordable Medicines. This complex generic drug-device combination product, which is a metered-dose inhaler, should not be used to treat acute asthma attacks. Today, the U.S.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has introduced a series of pricing regulations to reduce the national health insurance (NHI)-listed drug prices, including the implementation of annual off-year price revisions.

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Pharmacy Checkers

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Wikipedia has an extremely long page aptly called Criticism of the Food and Drug Administration , much of it having to do with its role with prescription drugs, and less so other sectors, such as food, tobacco and cosmetics. . It’s primarily the FDA’s role over drug safety and quality that captures my interest and admiration.”.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 29, 2021

In a statement, Advanz said that it “utterly disagrees” with the CMA’s decision, saying it invested significantly to keep the product on the market to the specifications required by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). ” Advanz itself was directly fined £40.9 million and £51.9

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Pharma in Brief

APRIL 29, 2021

Therefore, the new prohibition provided a “humanitarian exception” which allowed financial support to continue in cases to be determined by regulation. Notably, the coming into force of the prohibition was suspended pending the adoption of such regulation. 2] Both the prohibition and the regulation came into force on April 15, 2021.

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Pharma in Brief

JANUARY 9, 2022

These policy initiatives included reforms to the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board ( PMPRB ), the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance Regulations) ( PM(NOC) Regulations ), the Patent Rules , and other regulatory matters at Health Canada. Proposed amendments to the PM(NOC) Regulations were also introduced in 2021.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 8, 2021

But we are glad to see the situation for innovative drugs in Asian markets improving, especially in mainland China and South Korea, where policies, societies and regulations are actively promoting innovation. “At In addition, the pharmaceutical industry in China is still heavily dependent on generic drugs.”.

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Pharma in Brief

JUNE 21, 2020

On June 19, 2020, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board ( PMPRB ) launched its consultation on revised Draft Guidelines to implement the amended Patented Medicines Regulations. Amendments to the Patented Medicines Regulations are scheduled to come into force on January 1, 2021. New patented medicines.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2024

John counsels FDA-regulated entities on litigation, enforcement, and compliance matters including FDA inspections, Form 483s, Warning and Untitled Letters and Consent Decrees, internal investigations, and data privacy concerns. His presentation will focus on “MoCRA is Here – Now What? We can offer our readers a special discount for the event.

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Pharmacy Checkers

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Importing medicines from countries that do not have our same strong standards could taint our medicine supply.”. The second sentence is deceptively broad: as in, yes, importing medicines from countries that do not have our “same” standards could taint our medicine supply. Not necessarily, but it could. If the U.S.

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Pharmacy Checkers

JUNE 21, 2019

Amazon’s support for The Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act , introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)—to allow for the importation of lower-cost prescription drugs—would be the game changer that would have American patients cheering and the pharmaceutical industry crying. prescription drugs. regulations.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 3, 2021

The FDA approval of Alkermes’ new antipsychotic drug Lybalvi couldn’t have gone any better for the company, but it could still face a big challenge positioning the new drug in the highly genericised market. In its favour?

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XTalks

JUNE 16, 2023

There are currently no shortages of cancer drugs in Europe or other countries; however, last year, Germany was experiencing a critical shortage of the breast cancer drug tamoxifen. Medicines for Europe said the supply issues were evidence of the damaging effects of European cost-containment measures.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 28, 2020

An androgen receptor inhibitor, Winlevi (clascoterone) has been cleared by the US regulator for the treatment of acne in patients 12 years and older and is due to be launched early next year, according to the company.

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Pharmacy Checkers

JANUARY 10, 2020

The FDA can prevent the importation of such drugs – but the agency is actually encouraged by law not to do so if the import is for personal use only. It’s also a story about consumers and their providers navigating conflicting public information about buying less expensive medicines online from foreign countries. Let’s call him John.

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Druggist

MARCH 8, 2021

The public’s interest in modafinil comes from the drug’s association with a class of medicines called ‘ smart drugs ‘, also called nootropics and cognitive enhancers. Many individuals search for cognitive enhancement drugs, and modafinil tends to be one of the main drugs which always gets mentioned.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 16, 2023

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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The Pharma Data

MAY 17, 2021

These initiatives could support insurance coverage of previously off-label uses, prevent costly new drugs from inappropriately receiving preferential regulatory treatment that is intended for drugs with no FDA-approved alternatives, and better inform clinicians by providing evidence-based information about how drugs should be used,” they noted. .

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Pharmacy Checkers

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Still, the government’s most recent survey data, published in 2015, showed that about four million Americans import medicine each year because of cost. [vi]. Federal law provides extensive flexibility for Americans to personally import more affordable medicine as long as it doesn’t present an unreasonable risk to the patient.

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 16, 2021

While generic drugs as we know them are a creation of the 1984 Hatch-Waxman Amendments, the Federal Register Notice explains that FDA first introduced the concept of an ANDA in 1968 to facilitate approval of Drug Efficacy Study Implementation (DESI) drugs.

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

Brand drugs, generic drugs, and medical devices alike have all been the target of state failure-to-warn litigation; in a recent case, OTC acetaminophen is the target. The GAO Report further explained that the agency did not have the resources to regulate the estimated 100,000 OTC drugs marketed through the monograph process.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 27, 2021

Further to XPhyto’s press release dated January 18, 2021, the Company’s core milestones for this year include the commercialization of infectious disease diagnostics, the clinical validation of transdermal and sublingual drug formulations and continued investment in psychedelic medicine. About XPhyto Therapeutics Corp.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 17, 2021

Following a successful business year 2020, XPhyto is well positioned to execute on important core milestones in all business divisions, which include the commercialization of infectious disease diagnostics, the clinical validation of transdermal and sublingual drug formulations and continued investment and development in psychedelic medicine.

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The Pharma Data

OCTOBER 14, 2020

“With the Court’s approval of our First Day motions, we can ensure uninterrupted patient access to our medicines while we move through this process. Its Specialty Generics reportable segment includes specialty generic drugs and active pharmaceutical ingredients.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Why it did so well: In 2022, Avastin was Roche’s eighth best-selling drug, but as expected, the impact of biosimilars caused the sales of this cancer medicine to decrease by 28 percent compared to 2021. Outside breast cancer, Enhertu became the first drug specifically approved for HER2-mutant NSCLC in August 2022. to $17,138.76

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XTalks

AUGUST 2, 2023

With each passing year, pharmaceutical companies around the globe strive to deliver cutting-edge medicines, therapies and vaccines that impact the lives of millions. In this in-depth article, we embark on a captivating journey to uncover the top 30 pharma and biotech companies that have been instrumental in shaping the future of medicine.

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