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Egypt issues draft guidelines for biosimilars Posted 01/03/2013

The Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) announced on 20 January 2013 that a draft guideline for the registration of biosimilars in Egypt had been released by the Central Administration for Pharmaceutical Affairs (CAPA) in coordination with the National Organization for Research & Control of Biologics (NORCB).
Regulations for the registration of biological products were implemented in Egypt in 2009 through Ministerial Decree 297/2009, adopting guidelines for submission of a registration dossier based on full data (quality, preclinical and clinical). In Egypt, a biosimilar is described as a ‘biological product (other than blood-derived products their recombinant analogues, vaccines and sera) having the same active substance, dosage form, concentration and route of administration [as that] of a reference biological product and [having been] proven through a comparability program[me] that its quality, safety and efficacy is equivalent to a reference product when prescribed in a claimed indication’. Furthermore, biosimilars are ‘officially-approved similar versions of innovator biopharmaceutical products made by a different sponsor’. The Egyptian authorities have taken into account EMA, ICH and WHO guidelines when preparing these guidelines, along with the draft biosimilars guidance from FDA and India’s guidelines on ‘similar biologics’. The proposed draft guideline aims to facilitate the registration of biosimilar products in Egypt through an abbreviated pathway.
Draft Guideline for Registration of Biosimilar Products The draft guideline takes into account the fact that: The Egyptian authorities will therefore allow two approaches to be used for the registration of biosimilars: The draft guideline has been released for ‘discussion purposes’ and feedback can be given via Biosimilars@eda.mohp.gov.eg. However, no timelines for feedback or when a final guideline will be released are given.
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Date: 6 December 2012
http://www.eda.mohealth.gov.eg/Download/Docs/Final%20biosimilar%20guideline.pdf
It should be noted that biosimilars approved outside of the EU may not have as strict a regulatory process as is required by EMA. EMA regulatory requirements ensure the same high standards of quality, safety and efficacy for biosimilars as for originator biologicals, and also include a rigorous comparability exercise with the reference product.
Source: EDA
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