Sandoz’s Biosimilar Filing Is Culmination Of Paradigm Shift In FDA Drug Review
Executive Summary
FDA clinical reviewers moved from traditional “new drug” review mode to determining the evidence needed to demonstrate a follow-on product is highly similar to the reference biologic, Sandoz exec says, describing firm’s interactions with FDA on its filgrastim 351(k) application.
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