Biosimilar Guidance Comments Reveal Small Window Of Agreement On Foreign Data
Executive Summary
In comments on FDA’s three biosimilar draft guidances, PhRMA and BIO seek a more limited role in biosimilar approval decisions for clinical data involving foreign reference products than does GPhA, but all the trade associations believe that the foreign product needs to be made by the same company in the same facility as the U.S.-licensed reference product.
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