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Draft decree for prescribing generics in Costa Rica

Home/Guidelines | Posted 09/07/2021

The decree on the 'Regulation for the Prescription of Medicines in Conformity with their International Nonproprietary Name (INN) for the Costa Rican private market' has been promoted by the Ministry of Health since 2018 and establishes that all doctors, dentists and obstetricians are obliged to prescribe medicines by their international non-proprietary name or generic name and not by brand name. The regulation also adds that doctors will be able to include the brand name of the medicine in the prescription if there are 'clinico-pharmacological reasons' that justify recommending that product.

NICE recommends additional biologicals for rheumatoid arthritis

Home/Guidelines | Posted 02/07/2021

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which publishes clinical guidance for England, has recommended the use of new biological drugs for the treatment of moderate rheumatoid arthritis. The treatments have become available thanks to biosimilars, which have drastically reduced costs to the National Health Service (NHS) in England.

A new decree modifies several aspects of the regulatory approval system for biosimilars in Mexico

Home/Guidelines | Posted 25/06/2021

On 31 May 2021, the Mexican President published on the Federal Official Gazette a major amendment to the Secondary Regulations for Health Supplies (Reglamento de Insumos para la Salud, ‘RIS’) (‘Decree’).

Peru issues decree for the registration of medicines and biological products

Home/Guidelines | Posted 21/06/2021

On 10 January 2021, the Peruvian Ministry of Health (Ministerio de Salud del Perú, MINSA), which is in charge of leading the National and Decentralised Health System, the policy for the universal health assurance and the policies and intersectoral actions on social determinants, published in the Official Gazette Diario Oficial El Peruano the supreme decree 002-2021-SA that approves the regulation for the Conditional Health Registration of Medicines and Biological Products.

FDA issues final guidance on BCS-based biowaivers

Home/Guidelines | Posted 11/06/2021

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published final guidance on ‘M9 Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS)-Based Biowaivers’. The guidance was prepared under the auspices of the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH), formerly the International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use.

FDA guidance on generic drug development during COVID-19

Home/Guidelines | Posted 21/05/2021

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released guidance on generic drug development and the submission of abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) during COVID-19, which explains how manufacturers can overcome issues caused by the pandemic.

UK’s MHRA publishes guidance on licensing biosimilars

Home/Guidelines | Posted 19/02/2021

In the wake of Brexit, which took effect on 1 January 2021, the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced a new biosimilars pathway for the UK.

Italy publishes new guidelines on pricing and reimbursement of generics and biosimilars

Home/Guidelines | Posted 29/01/2021

The Italian Medicines Agency (Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco, AIFA) announced on 30 December 2020 that it had published new guidelines for the pricing and reimbursement of medicines, which include a new streamlined procedure for generics and biosimilars.

FDA increases transparency of biosimilar applications

Home/Guidelines | Posted 22/01/2021

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made changes to the review of its Biologics License Applications (BLAs) in order to improve transparency and communication.

US guidance on proprietary names

Home/Guidelines | Posted 15/01/2021

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a guidance for industry on best practices in developing proprietary names for prescription drugs, in December 2020 [1].