House, Senate agree to conference report on FY 2003 approps bill Feb. 13, providing $413.3 mil. for CFSAN, $426.7 mil. for CDER. Total FDA budget is $1.63 bil., including $222.9 mil. in PDUFA fees. Funding levels are similar to those in version passed by lower chamber (1"The Tan Sheet," Jan. 27, 2003, In Brief)...

Amneal is close to a filed pipeline of three biosimilar products in the US, while furthering ambitions in the complex generics and 505(b)(2) space, management told the virtual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.

Zydus Cadila is to begin testing a three-dose recombinant DNA vaccine candidate in Phase III Indian trials, which might enter late-stage development ahead of Inovio and AnGes. The company promised to provide 100-150 million doses by end of 2021 at the J.P. Morgan Conference, though adherence could be a roadblock.