Policies & Legislation

US-Mexico-Canada agreement to benefit generics makers

Home/Policies & Legislation | Posted 21/02/2020

The amended United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will benefit biosimilar and generic drug companies through changes to patent protection for originator drugs.

European Court of Justice backs UK in pay-for-delay fine against GSK

Home/Policies & Legislation | Posted 14/02/2020

The European Court of Justice has backed an earlier decision by the UK financial regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), to fine pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in connection with ‘pay for delay’ deals for one of its off-patent medications.

New pricing system for drugs in Russia

Home/Policies & Legislation | Posted 07/02/2020

The Russian Government has passed a decree mandating ceiling prices for drugs on the country’s essential drugs list.

Chemically synthesized polypeptides to use biosimilars pathway

Home/Policies & Legislation | Posted 31/01/2020

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is supporting a change in the government spending bill that will allow for chemically synthesized polypeptides to also be classified as biologicals.

US government department proposes rule to lower drug prices for its citizens

Home/Policies & Legislation | Posted 24/01/2020

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a string of changes in November 2019, including a proposal to lower drug prices for US citizens based on Trump’s ‘most favored nation’ approach.

US and EU sign milestone mutual recognition agreement

Home/Policies & Legislation | Posted 17/01/2020

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA) have signed a historic mutual recognition agreement which means the US will now recognize the good manufacturing practice (GMP) inspections of all EU Member States, and vice versa.

UnitedHealthcare sues generics manufacturers for price fixing

Home/Policies & Legislation | Posted 10/01/2020

US health insurance giant UnitedHealthcare has filed a lawsuit against 25 generic drugs manufacturers, accusing them of scheming to increase the prices of over 100 different drugs.

Bill to stop misuse of Citizen Petitions advances in the House

Home/Policies & Legislation | Posted 13/12/2019

On 13 November 2019, the House Energy and Commerce’s health subcommittee unanimously advanced a bipartisan bill aimed at preventing companies from using citizen petitions to delay the approval of generics.

Concerns raised as Canada’s Alberta plans to switch patients to biosimilars

Home/Policies & Legislation | Posted 22/11/2019

Canada’s province of Alberta is planning to stop coverage of originator biologicals and switch patients to biosimilars for certain indications.

US Senators reveal plans to lower drug prices

Home/Policies & Legislation | Posted 08/11/2019

The House Ways and Means Committee have approved Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s drug pricing bill, while Democratic nominee Pete Buttigieg has disclosed his own drug pricing plan that would impose penalties on ‘worst offender’ pharmaceutical companies.