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FDA pushes back on approving mirikizumab due to manufacturing issues

Pharmaceutical Technology

On 14 April, the FDA rejected Lilly’s biologic licence application (BLA) for their anti-interleukin (IL)-23, mirikizumab, which is in development for the treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC). The recent setback dents mirikizumab’s chances to be the first among the IL-23 inhibitors to launch in the US for UC.

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Conference Notebook: ACI’s Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Conference

The FDA Law Blog

Now in the second year of implementation, companies have started noticing the consequences as FDA implements the new requirements and develops regulations and guidance. The MoCRA rollout, though, does not preclude that FDA may practice some regulation by enforcement if it deems such action necessary.

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FDA Publishes Proposal to Redefine the Implied Nutrient Contain Claim “Healthy” Changing Focus to Foods Rather than Nutrients Adding Limits on Added Sugar Content

The FDA Law Blog

By Riëtte van Laack — On September 28, 2022, FDA announced the availability of the proposed rule for the implied nutrient content claim “healthy.” The term healthy, as an implied nutrient claim, was first defined by FDA in 1994. FDA also announced it would be re-evaluating the regulatory criteria for use of the “healthy” claim.

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Chinese manufacturers’ transition to innovative pharma requires more investment

Pharmaceutical Technology

The Chinese government announced its ten-year 'Made in China 2025' strategic plan in 2015, which aimed to make the country a global leader in several high-tech industries. Guangdong is based in the south and has a comparatively strong number of manufacturing relationships producing innovative FDA and EMA drugs.

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Why demand is rising for secure and climate-controlled gene therapy services

Pharmaceutical Technology

It is critical to understand the supply chain, plan your packaging, storage and distribution lanes, then test the entire process before patient shipments go live. Products are stored and packaged in a dedicated suite by a dedicated team,” explains MacNeir. The requirements When handling personalised medicines, time is of the essence.

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Covid-19 Omicron boosters will reinvigorate injectables manufacturing

Pharmaceutical Technology

This data has been shared with regulators, including the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and a request for US Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) is planned. The EMA started a rolling review for this Omicron-adapted vaccine on 27 June and the FDA plans to review the vaccine for EUA. 1 sub-lineage on 19 July.

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Insights+ Key Biosimilars Events of January 2023

PharmaShots

The US FDA’s review is expected to be completed in H2’23 Under the Aug 2020 agreement, Alvotech and Teva collaborated for the exclusive commercialization in the US of five biosimilar product candidates incl. and Coherus common stock & is also eligible to receive other regulatory and launch milestones and share profits.

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