Apotex is hoping to sell its biosimilar version of Amgen’s Neulasta at a 25% discount in Canada after gaining approval there in what seems to be a world first. Might the Canadian OK help unblock the path to approval in the US and the EU?
Apotex Inc. appears to be ahead in the global race to market a biosimilar version of Amgen Inc.’s blockbuster G-CSF product, Neulasta (pegfilgrastim). The company received approval in its native Canada for its version, Lapelga, last month and is now awaiting a decision on its request for a reimbursement listing at a 25% discount to the originator drug.
It is being suggested that the Canadian approval might herald a regulatory green light for biosimilar pegfilgrastims in other markets,...
An abbreviated licensure pathway for biologics was created by the 2009 Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act. Biologics demonstrated to be biosimilar to or interchangeable with FDA-approved products can use the 351(k) biologics license application pathway. Biosimilars BLAs submitted under the 351(k) pathway have a 12 month user fee goal for FDA action. Updated weekly.
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