Recently, Biogen and Samsung Bioepis’s ranibizumab biosimilar (BYOOVIZ) was granted interchangeable status by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. BYOOVIZ was deemed interchangeable to Genentech’s LUCENTIS for the treatment of neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration, macular edema following retinal vein occlusion, and myopic choroidal neovascularization. BYOOVIZ, the first FDA approved…
The Big Molecule Watch is monitoring clinical trial activities involving infliximab. Here we report on recent studies with Celltrion’s INFLECTRA (infliximab-dyyb). Earlier this year, clinical trial data was published from an observational real-world study of patients with inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn’s disease (“CD”) and ulcerative colitis (“UC”) in the…
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This week Patrizia Cavazzoni (Director, CDER), Peter Marks (Director, CBER), and Jeffrey Shuren (Director, CDRH) of the FDA testified before the committee on Health Education, Labor and Pensions of the U.S. Senate regarding reauthorization of the User Fee Acts, including the Biosimilar User Fee Act (“BsUFA”). The BsUFA is a…
Last week, Coherus and Junshi Biosciences announced that the FDA accepted their BLA for toripalimab in combination with gemcitabine and cisplatin for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (“NPC”) and toripalimab monotherapy for the second-line or above treatment of recurrent or metastatic NPC after…
Last week, FDA issued a notice of public meeting and request for comment relating to proposed recommendations for the reauthorization of the Biosimilar User Fee Act (“BsUFA”) for fiscal years 2023 to 2027. We have previously reported on BsUFA rates for the 2022 fiscal year. The BsUFA authorizes FDA to…
Innovent Biologics, Inc. announced that the National Medical Products Administration of China (“NMPA”) approved its supplemental New Drug Application for TYVYT®, a sintilimab injection, in combination with BYVASDA®, a bevacizumab biosimilar injection, as a first-line treatment for people with advanced or unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (“HCC”). According to the press release,…
On May 18th, Christian Dubé, the Minister of Health and Social Services for Quebec announced that the government will begin a shift in favor of the use of biosimilar drugs. The announcement stated that similar to other Canadian jurisdictions, Quebec will eventually cover, with exceptions, only biosimilar drugs on the…
Last week, PlantForm Corporation, PlantPraxis Biotecnologia and Bio-Manguinhos/Fiocruz announced that they are entering into a research and development agreement to develop pembrolizumab, a biosimilar of Keytruda®, for the Brazilian Market. According to the announcement, Bio-Manguinhos is a Brazilian government institution responsible for technology development and production of vaccines, reagents and…
Last week the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in UFCW Local 1500 Welfare Fund v. AbbVie Inc., Case No. 20-2402. The appeal concerns the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois’ dismissal of a proposed class action alleging that AbbVie, Inc. created a “patent thicket”…