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Bio-Thera Announces Acceptance of BLA for BAT2506 Referencing Johnson & Johnson’s SIMPONI® (Golimumab)

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On July 16, 2025, Bio-Thera Solutions, Ltd. (“Bio-Thera”) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) had accepted its Biologics License Application (“BLA”) for its golimumab biosimilar, BAT2506, referencing...more

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FDA adds information on Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher program

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This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted additional information on its recently announced “Commissioner's National Priority Voucher” (CNPV) program, which will provide up to five vouchers in the program's...more

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FDA Transparency Push: CRLs Released

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On July 10, 2025, citing a drive to increase transparency, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) published more than 200 complete response letters (CRLs) previously issued to companies that had submitted new drug...more

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Recent FDA Actions Pose Big Changes and Questions for Health and Food Industries

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Over the first weeks of July 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued several announcements heralding new policies and proposed regulatory changes that could dramatically impact the drug, biologics and...more

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FDA Opens the Vault on Decision Letters—Releases Wave of Drug and Biologic CRLs

This morning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the publication of more than 200 decision letters, also known as complete response letters (CRLs), with plans to release more from the archives. The CRLs...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

FDA Reimagined: Faster, Friendlier, and Focused on Cures

On June 10, 2025, the Commissioner of the FDA, Dr. Martin Makary, and Dr. Vinayak Prasad, the Director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, published an article in JAMA discussing the “Priorities for a...more

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FDA Announces Completion of AI-Assisted Scientific Review Pilot and Deployment of Agency-Wide AI-Assisted Review

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On May 8, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the completion of its generative artificial intelligence (AI) pilot program for scientific reviewers. FDA Commissioner Marty Makary was quoted in the...more

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President Trump Issues Two Executive Orders Concerning the Affordability and Accessibility of Drugs

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In the past month, President Trump signed two executive orders concerning drug access and affordability, including for biologics and biosimilar drugs.  On April 15, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order No. 14273 (“EO...more

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U.S. Department of Commerce Investigates Possible Tariffs on Pharmaceuticals: Forecasting the Impact and an Opportunity to Comment

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I. Key Takeaways - - The Secretary of Commerce is investigating the effects of imports of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical ingredients (and their derivative products) on national security to support potential tariffs or...more

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FDA Accepts BLA for Alvotech and Dr. Reddy’s Denosumab Biosimilars

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On March 18, 2025, Alvotech and Dr. Reddy’s announced that the FDA accepted their Biologics Licensing Application (BLA) for AVT03 (denosumab), referencing Amgen’s PROLIA® and XGEVA®. ...more

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FDA Accepts BLA for Amneal’s Denosumab Biosimilars

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On March 3, 2025, Amneal announced FDA acceptance of its Biologics License Application (BLA) for two proposed denosumab biosimilars referencing Amgen’s PROLIA® and XGEVA®. According to Amneal, the FDA has set a target action...more

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FDA Accepts U.S. Biologics License Application for AVT06, Alvotech and Teva’s Proposed Aflibercept Biosimilar

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On February 18, 2025, Alvotech and Teva Pharmaceuticals (“Teva”) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review a Biologics License Application (BLA) for AVT06, a proposed biosimilar to...more

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FDA Approves Celltrion’s AVTOZMA (tocilizumab-anoh)

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​​​​​​​On January 31, 2025, Celltrion announced that the FDA approved its tocilizumab biosimilar, AVTOZMA® (tocilizumab-anoh), referencing Genentech’s ACTEMRA®....more

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FDA Publishes Its First Draft Guidance On Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Development of Drugs and Biological Products

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On January 7, 2025, the FDA issued a draft guidance called Considerations for the Use of Artificial Intelligence to Support Regulatory Decision-Making for Drug and Biological Products. The document clarifies how sponsors,...more

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance for the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Medical Devices and Drug Development

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently issued two draft guidance documents aimed at providing recommendations for the use of AI in medical devices and drug and biological product development.These guidance...more

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FDA Issues New Recommendations on Use of AI for Medical Devices, Drugs, and Biologics

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In its most recent effort to keep pace with advancing technology, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued two draft guidances on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the context of drugs, biologics,...more

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Drugs and Biologics at FDA: Reflections on 2024 Activity Shed Light on the Road Ahead

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With each new year comes a new set of accompanying challenges, from tackling the latest innovations to new incarnations of old issues. 2025 will be no exception to this rule, and with its arrival we examine FDA’s activities...more

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Lilly v. FDA: Two Stories Collide to Make this GLP-1 Case a Tale of Our Time

I recently learned of Eli Lilly & Co.’s (“Lilly”) recent lawsuit against FDA from Nicole DeFeudis, who interviewed me for her Endpoints News story about the case. Lilly’s lawsuit, filed in September 2024 in the Southern...more

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Life in the Fast Lane: FDA Issues New Draft Guidance for Accelerated Approval of Drugs and Biologics

In 1976, the Eagles released the song, “Life in the Fast Lane,” as part of their iconic album, Hotel California. Approximately 16 years later, the Food and Drug Administration began offering pharmaceutical companies their own...more

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Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Doing Right: FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Requirements and Processes for Accelerated Approval

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On December 5, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a much anticipated draft guidance for industry on accelerated approval that provides additional clarity on FDA’s expectations for accelerated approval...more

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FDA Approves New Biologic Cancer Treatments

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On November 20th, Jazz Pharmaceuticals announced that the FDA has approved ZIIHERA® (zanidatamab-hrii) on an accelerated basis for the treatment of adults with previously treated, unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive (IHC...more

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FDA Announces Draft Guidance for Industry Regarding Accelerated Approval for Drugs and Biologics

On December 5, 2024, FDA unveiled the draft guidance for industry regarding accelerated approval for drugs and biologics. This guidance provides additional information regarding the development of drugs and biologics to treat...more

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Blockbuster Biologics Review | Issue 25

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Welcome to our quarterly update relating to biologics and biosimilars, including post-grant and patent litigation challenges to blockbuster biologics. Since the enactment of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act...more

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FDA Accepts BLA for Shanghai Henlius Biotech’s and Organon’s HLX14, a Denosumab Biosimilar

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​​​​​​​On October 30, 2024, Shanghai Henlius Biotech and Organon announced that the FDA has accepted the Biologic License Application (BLA) for HLX14, a proposed biosimilar to PROLIA/XGEVA (denosumab). In 2022, Shanghai...more

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FDA Finalizes Guidance on Use of Part 11 Electronic Systems, Records and Signatures in Clinical Investigations

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On October 1, 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized its guidance on the use of electronic records in clinical investigations of drugs, devices, biologics, foods, tobacco products and new animal drugs. The...more

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