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Drug Pricing: FDA Considerations Under Recent Executive Orders and Congressional Bills

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President Trump’s executive orders and legislative proposals from Congress leverage FDA to help lower drug prices, address anti-competitive practices, and accelerate generic drug approvals....more

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BiologicsHQ Monthly Injection - March 2025

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On March 17, 2025, Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Richard Durbin (D-IL) re-introduced the “Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act” (“APPA”), which previously passed the...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Senate Advances IP and Drug Pricing Legislation Amid Innovation Concerns

A Senate panel has advanced three sets of bipartisan bills purportedly aimed at reforming the intellectual property (IP) landscape and lowering the cost of prescription drugs. Together, these bills seek to address issues with...more

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Senate Seeks to Reduce Biosimilar Prices by “Pruning” “Patent Thickets”

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On July 10, the Senate unanimously passed the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 (S.150), which seeks to increase competition and lower drug prices by imposing limits on patent litigation related to biological...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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Legislative Efforts to Remove Impediments to Biosimilar Approvals and Marketing

Biosimilars are becoming increasingly important in healthcare as they offer a lower-cost alternative to biologic drugs, which can be expensive for patients, governments, and insurers. These biologic medicines, which are...more

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Senate Judiciary Committee Pushes Pharma Patents and Pricing Bills Forward

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It is hard to predict whether a given bill will gain traction, but when the Senate Judiciary Committee reports out five bipartisan bills targeting pharmaceutical patents and pricing, it seems likely they are determined to get...more

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Senator Mike Lee Introduces the Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act to Eliminate Switching Study Requirement for Biosimilar...

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On November 17, 2022, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the “Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act” to increase biosimilar competition and reduce patient costs by prohibiting the FDA from requiring switching studies to approve...more

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More Bipartisan Bills Hope to Catch a Ride on the UFA Reauthorization Legislation

Just as the public comment period for the bicameral, bipartisan discussion draft of the “FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017” ended on Friday, what we have been calling the User Fee Games got even more interesting and engaging....more

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Senate Judiciary Introduces CREATES Act To Expedite Access To Affordable Drugs

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Following months of public outcry and Congressional probes into significant drug price increases, the Senate Judiciary Committee introduced legislation targeting “behavior that blocks competition and delays the creation of...more

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USP Says European Market Shows Mandatory USP Standards Would Improve Biosimilar Approval, Acceptance in U.S.

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Back in March, 2016, the Senate added language to the FDA and NIH Workforce Authorities Modernization Act which would exempt biological products, including biosimilars, from provisions of the FDCA Act that require compliance...more

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The CREATE Act of 2016: Senate Listens to Generics Industry

Last week, co-sponsors Senators Leahy (D-VT), Grassley (R-IA), Klobucher (D-MN), and Lee (R-UT) introduced a bill (S. 3056), entitled the "Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act of 2016" or the "CREATES...more

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