On April 14, 2026, the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a draft guidance for sponsors seeking approval of human gene-editing therapy products involving gene-editing technologies. The guidance provides recommendations for assessing the safety of genome-editing therapies to bring effective treatments to patients. The guidance includes considerations for…
AbbVie Submits Regulatory Application to FDA for Subcutaneous SKYRIZI On April 27, 2026, AbbVie announced that it has submitted a regulatory application to the FDA seeking approval for SKYRIZI (risankizumab-rzaa) for subcutaneous induction for the treatment of adult patients with moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease. AbbVie states that its application…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) recently released its congressional justification for the 2027 Fiscal Year budget. Overall, the FDA proposed a total budget of $7.2 billion, an overall increase of 3.3% above the 2026 Fiscal Year enacted level. As part of the legislative proposals, the FDA included a…
On April 2, 2026, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an extension to the dosing intervals for EYLEA HD (aflibercept) patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME). The approval increases the maximum dosing interval from 16 weeks to 20…
On March 30, 2026, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (“Teva”) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has approved its denosumab biosimilar, PONLIMSI™ (denosumab-adet). PONLIMSI™ has been approved for all indications of the reference product, Amgen’s PROLIA®, including the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women at high risk for…
In a new draft guidance issued on January 14, 2026, the FDA discussed the use of a modern statistical methodology in clinical trials designed to show the effectiveness of a new drug. The guidance, “Use of Bayesian Methodology in Clinical Trials of Drugs and Biologics Guidance for Industry,” outlines how…
In a new draft guidance, issued on October 29, 2025, the FDA proposed major updates to simplify biosimilarity studies and potentially reduce clinical testing for therapeutic protein products. The guidance, “Scientific Considerations in Demonstrating Biosimilarity to a Reference Product: Updated Recommendations for Assessing the Need for Comparative Efficacy Studies Guidance…
On October 9, 2025, the FDA approved Celltrion’s aflibercept biosimilar, EYDENZELT® (aflibercept-boav) referencing Regeneron’s EYLEA® (aflibercept). This approval makes Celltrion the sixth company to receive FDA approval for an aflibercept biosimilar, joining Biocon, Samsung Bioepis, Formycon, Sandoz, and Amgen. Aflibercept is a recombinant fusion protein that binds to vascular endothelial…
On September 2, 2025, Shanghai Henlius Biotech, Inc. and Organon announced that the FDA has approved BILDYOS® (denosumab-nxxp) and BILPREVDA® (denosumab-nxxp) as denosumab biosimilars to Prolia® and XGEVA®, respectively. Both biosimilars have been approved for all indications of their reference products. BILDYOS® and BILPREVDA® are RANK ligand inhibitors used to treat…
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 Johnson & Johnson’s (“J&J”) SIMPONI®. Golimumab is a human IgG1 monoclonal antibody that blocks the inflammatory effects of tumor necrosis…