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March 16, 2008

OBB News Briefs

  • Last Friday, Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced that she and Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) introduced H.R. 5629, the "Pathway for Biosimilars Act" (click here for summary; click here for text of bill).  BIO immediately applauded the bill, while GPhA immediately denounced it.  For more, visit FDA Law Blog; Pharmalot; or the WSJ Health Blog.
  • Barr Labs and Teva are two of the world's largest, and most litigious, generic drug companies.  Their CEO's gave extensive interviews to separate newspapers last week: Barr's CEO Bruce Downey to Investor's Business Daily and Teva's CEO Shlomo Yanai to Globes.
  • We reported in January that Teva filed a citizen petition asking FDA to relist J&J's patent on Risperdal and to grant it 180-day exclusivity on the generic.  Recently, FDA law blog and Patent Baristas reported that FDA denied Teva's petition on February 26, and Teva responded by filing suit against FDA on March 4.  Also see: Reuters and Teva press release.
  • The Wall St. Journal reported last week that Thailand is poised to disregard patents on several cancer drugs.  The WSJ Health Blog has a summary of the article.
  • Teva announced last month that it received approval for the first biosimilar G-CSF in Europe.

Posted by Aaron Barkoff in Biosimilars, Citizen Petitions, Orange Book Patent Listing/Delisting, Pharma Business News |

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