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Lupin Announces Licensing Deal with Sandoz for Ranibizumab Biosimilar

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On August 12, 2025, Lupin Limited (“Lupin”) announced that it has partnered with Sandoz Group AG (“Sandoz”) to market and commercialize Lupin’s biosimilar ranibizumab across multiple regions. Ranibizumab is a recombinant...more

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Accord Announces Launch of Stelara® (ustekinumab) Biosimilar Imuldosa®

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On August 18, 2025, Accord and Dong-A ST announced the U.S. launch of Imuldosa® (ustekinumab-srlf), a biosimilar of Janssen / Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara® (ustekinumab).  Imuldosa® is approved for all the reference product’s...more

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European Biosimilar Updates - Formycon’s Ustekinumab and Alvotech’s Cetrolizumab Pegol

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On June 26, 2025, Formycon AG (“Formycon”) announced a distribution agreement with Teva Group subsidiary Ratiopharm GmbH (“Ratiopharm”) for the semi-exclusive commercialization of its Stelara biosimilar FYB202/Fymskina...more

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Biosimilar Manufacturers to Expand Offerings in Europe and Japan

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On June 9, 2025, biosimilar manufacturers Samsung Bioepis and Alvotech announced separate deals to expand their respective offerings in Japan and Europe. ...more

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Celltrion, Samsung Bioepis, and Organon Receive Interchangeability Designations for Adalimumab Biosimilars

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In the last month, the FDA has granted interchangeability status to additional adalimumab biosimilars.  Biosimilars with an interchangeable designation may be substituted for the reference product at the pharmacy without...more

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CMS issues draft guidance on IRA 2028 Drug Price Negotiation Program, 2026-28 MFP Effectuation

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On May 12, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued draft guidance for initial price applicability year (IPAY) 2028 of the Drug Price Negotiation Program (DPNP) established by the Inflation Reduction...more

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FDA Approves Biocon’s Avastin® Biosimilar Jobevne™ (bevacizumab-nwgd)

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On April 10, 2025, Biocon announced the FDA approval of Jobevne™ (bevacizumab-nwgd) as the sixth biosimilar of Genentech’s Avastin® (bevacizumab)...more

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Recent Ustekinumab and Denosumab Biosimilars Deals

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On Dec 24, 2024, Bio-Thera Solutions Inc. announced that it has partnered with Tabuk Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company to commercialize BAT2206, a proposed ustekinumab biosimilar to Jansen’s STELARA, in Saudi Arabia....more

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CMS Issues Updates Regarding ASP: Negative ASP, Radiopharmaceuticals, Restatements, and Skin Substitutes

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued several important updates concerning the reporting of Average Sales Price (ASP) with potential implications for manufacturers. ...more

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CREATing Controversy: Can a Brand Manufacturer Deny Sample Requests?

Can a drug manufacturer refuse to provide samples of its innovator product under the CREATES Act if it thinks that the requester will not actually use them to develop a biosimilar or generic drug? A recently filed suit in the...more

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A Look Ahead in Life Sciences: What We Are Tracking in Q1 2024 and Beyond

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As the life sciences, medtech, and diagnostic industries continue to expand and grow increasingly complex, so does the legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape. To help companies and investors navigate the many evolving...more

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CMS Issues Revised Medicare Part B and Part D Inflation Rebate Guidance

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On December 14, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published two “revised” guidance documents implementing the Medicare Part B and Part D inflation rebate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of...more

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Coherus Scores First Interchangeable Biosimilar Approval for Lucentis®

On August 2, 2022, Coherus BioSciences announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved CIMERLI™ (ranibizumab-eqrn) as a biosimilar product interchangeable with Lucentis® (ranibizumab injection) for all...more

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CY 2023 Proposed HOPPS Rule– What Drug Manufacturers Need To Know

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its annual proposed rule related to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems for 2023 (the HOPPS Proposed Rule) on...more

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FDA to Hold Final Assessment of the Program for Enhanced Review Transparency and Communication in the Biosimilar User Fee Act

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Tomorrow, March, 22, 2022, the FDA will host a public meeting entitled “Final Assessment of the Program for Enhanced Review Transparency and Communication in in the Biosimilar User Fee Act.” As part of the Biosimilar User Fee...more

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Proposed Antitrust Legislation Targets Pharmaceutical Industry, Would Grant FTC More Powers

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the US House of Representatives’ Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee recently voted three bills out of committee that target the pharmaceutical industry practices of so-called “reverse...more

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FDA and Pharmacy Weekly Digest - October 2020 #2

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Food - FDA Released Retail Food Employee Health Handbook – The FDA published the Employee Health and Personal Hygiene Handbook to help food employees avoid spreading viruses and bacteria to food....more

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[Event] Global Legal and Regulatory Summit On Biosimilars - December 3rd-4th, Munich, Germany

Legal, Regulatory and Commercial Perspectives on the International Biosimilars Marketplace - The Global Biosimilars market is expected to grow robustly. Market watchers anticipate that Europe in particular will experience...more

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EU SPC Manufacturing Waiver Now in Force

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The SPC Manufacturing Waiver (the "Waiver") is now in force, effective from 1 July 2019 (Regulation 2019/933 amending the SPC Regulation 2009/469).  The Waiver has been introduced with the stated aim of putting EU generic and...more

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No Way Around It: The Need for Federal "Permission and Assistance" Can Preempt a State Tort Duty

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In the simplest case for federal preemption, federal law prohibits conduct that a state tort duty would require, such as a change in the design of an approved medical device to cure an alleged defect. Because federal law is...more

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Significant Drug Pricing Developments in July – Here’s What You Need To Know

In May, the Trump Administration announced its Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and HHS Secretary Azar issued a Request for Information seeking comments from interested parties “to help shape future policy development and...more

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Healthcare Law Update: May 2018

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Enforcement - OIG Issues Advisory Opinion on Provision of Samples by a Device Distributor - On April 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a...more

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White House Unveils Proposal on Drug Pricing

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On Feb. 9, 2018, the Trump Administration released a 30-page report analyzing domestic and global factors influencing drug pricing. The report by the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is expected to inform the HHS' Fiscal...more

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The Continuing Story of Manufacturers' Off-Label Promotion of Approved or Cleared Medical Products

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Prior to the end of the previous Administration, FDA released several draft guidance documents and a white paper addressing different types of communications about medical products. On January 18, 2017, FDA published two...more

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Market Watch – Arven Pharmaceuticals Bulks Up with GE Healthcare’s FlexFactory

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According to a press release from GE Healthcare, Arven Pharmaceuticals, a Turkish pharmaceutical company, has selected GE Healthcare’s FlexFactory platform to increase its manufacturing capacity. GE describes FlexFactory as a...more

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