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FDA approves first interchangeable biosimilar insulin product for treatment of diabetes

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Food and Drug Administration approved the first interchangeable biosimilar insulin product, indicated to improve glycemic control in adults and pediatric patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus and in adults with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Semglee (insulin glargine-yfgn) is the first interchangeable biosimilar product approved in the U.S.

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Roche Invests $5.3B in Zealand’s Petrelintide, an Obesity Drug Candidate

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Amylin, a hormone co-secreted with insulin, plays a key role in regulating appetite by enhancing leptins effects the hormone that signals fullness after eating. Petrelintide, Zealand Pharmas long-acting amylin analog, is currently in Phase II clinical development and is designed for once-weekly subcutaneous injections.

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Biosimilars vs. Interchangeable Biological Products: FDA Fact Check

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While there are currently six biosimilars for AbbVie’s Humira (adalimumab) that have been approved by the regulator, the company’s patents prevent biosimilars from being launched until 2023. The regulator allows biosimilars to show slight differences in clinically inactive components of a product.

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Public Comment to the WHO About Online Access to Imported Medicines and SDG 3.8

Pharmacy Checkers

Determinants of Health: Providing regulatory space to promote safe international Internet pharmacy practice in furtherance of SDG 3.8 the Internet, via international online pharmacies, has helped tens of millions of Americans obtain medicines from pharmacies in other countries. [v]. My comment is below. Author: Gabriel Levitt.

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Top 15 Diabetes Drugs in 2023 by 2022 Sales Statistics

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In its 2022 financial report, Sanofi reported that sales of the long-acting insulin dropped 27.6 percent in the US, impacted by prior formulary losses as well as “erosion of the basal insulin market,” the company said in the statement. In its 2022 financial report, Sanofi reported that sales of the long-acting insulin dropped 27.6

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Nine for 2023, part three: thriving or surviving?

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Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems for validated cleanroom areas of a plant, for example, are essential and subject to stringent regulation, and consume many times more energy than non-validated areas. Medicines distribution and supply is also an energy intensive and regulated business.

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FDA clears first “interchangeable” Humira biosimilar

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It is only the second fully interchangeable biosimilar to be approved by the US regulator, after Viatris got a green light for its Semglee (insulin glargine) product in the summer, which can now be substituted for Sanofi’s Lantus on dispensing at a pharmacy.

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