FDA tar­gets faster re­views for biosim­i­lar sup­ple­ments, draft guid­ance says

The FDA  on Thurs­day pub­lished new draft guid­ance ex­plain­ing how it will speed its re­view of biosim­i­lar or in­ter­change­able ap­pli­ca­tion sup­ple­ments, which can be used to up­date the ini­tial biosim­i­lar ap­proval when it is for few­er than all the ref­er­ence prod­uct’s li­censed con­di­tions of use.

The 9-page draft de­tails how FDA can­not li­cense a biosim­i­lar or in­ter­change­able prod­uct for an in­di­ca­tion pro­tect­ed by or­phan-drug ex­clu­siv­i­ty or pe­di­atric ex­clu­siv­i­ty un­til the ex­pi­ra­tion of that ex­clu­siv­i­ty. Ap­pli­cants al­so may de­cide not to seek li­cen­sure of a pro­posed biosim­i­lar or pro­posed in­ter­change­able prod­uct for con­di­tions of use that are pro­tect­ed by a patent or for oth­er rea­sons.

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