New FDA guidance causes issues with CMC information

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published new guidance titled “Established Conditions: Reportable CMC Changes for Approved Drug and Biologic Products.” This guidance was created to help the industry distinguish which changes to a pharmaceutical...

Biosimilar’s without clinical trials?

After the 13th European- Genetic Association-European Biosimilar Group meet last week, it was recommended that to license a biosimilar, you do not necessarily have to perform a clinical trial in second indications. This is consistent with the current US and European...

Australia releases framework for regulator’s performance

On June 10th, Australia announced that it has created a new way to gauge the performance of regulators. This framework is called the Cutting Red Tape and it sets out to reduce the costs of regulations for individuals and businesses in Australia. Not only has Australia...

Concerns on US FDA’s biosimilar guidance

There have been mixed reviews on the recent publishing of three final guidance’s by the US FDA. Some reviewer’s support the release of these documents, while others fear the documents led to the risk of “taking a copycat product.” Two main groups that are concerned...