The Federal Trade Commission staff has responded to the Food and Drug Administration’s request for comment on its updated industry guidance regarding nonproprietary naming of biological products. The FDA proposes to add a unique, meaningless suffix to the nonproprietary name of all biosimilar and interchangeable products and to any reference biologic approved after January 2017. […]
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FTC Submits Statement to HHS on Its Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices
The Federal Trade Commission responded to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ request for comment to its publication, Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs. The publication seeks to “increase competition and end the gaming of regulatory processes that may keep drug prices artificially inflated or hinder generic, branded, or biosimilar […]