Medicines for Ireland has appointed Accord Healthcare Ireland managing director Padraic O’Brien as chairperson and Teva Ireland director of generic products Paul Neill as vice chairperson of the Irish industry association. The changes come just a few weeks after Ireland implemented its new framework agreement on off-patent pricing.

The merger between Serum Institute of India subsidiary Covidshield Technologies and Biocon Biologics has finally completed, subject to requisite approvals, after a Biocon board meeting.

The IGBA has appointed Vivian Frittelli as chair of the organization for 2022, taking over from Sudarshan Jain. It is Frittelli’s second time as chair of IGBA, having taken up the mantle the first time following its 2015 rebrand.

Amgen CEO Robert Bradway has delivered confident predictions for the company’s biosimilars business at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, with a steady flow of launches expected to give the company’s earnings a significant boost over the coming years.

Hikma has snapped up the Canadian sterile injectables assets of bankrupt Teligent in a $46m deal that marks Hikma’s first move into Canada.

With Eagle set to launch its long-awaited vasopressin ANDA product on 17 January, the US firm’s management told investors it was unsure what its launch meant for the 505(b)(2) rival product in the hands of American Regent.

Teva CEO Kåre Schultz has weighed in on Novartis’ plans to conduct a strategic review for its Sandoz unit, while also airing frustrations over continued delays for complex products in the US.

Viatris and partner Biocon have suffered a setback over their proposed insulin aspart biosimilar rival to NovoLog in the US, after the FDA issued a CRL relating to the filing.

Biosimilar sponsors need multiple reference product lots and expiration dates, and questions remain about whether they can obtain enough to fulfill all regulatory requirements under a CREATES Act mandate, Teva attorney says.

Generic competition to Vasostrict is nearing in the US after the FDA confirmed Eagle’s previously unresolved potential for 180-day market exclusivity.

India authorizes molnupiravir for restricted emergency use in COVID-19, marking the arrival of around a dozen “affordable” generics of  Merck & Co. and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics' oral antiviral. Physicians say data are “pretty compelling” notwithstanding the narrow FDA nod.

Following a mammoth six-month trial, a jury in New York has issued a verdict finding that Teva and some of its affiliates are liable for the public nuisance charges made by New York state in its opioid trial in Suffolk County State Supreme Court.

Medicines for Ireland has appointed Accord Healthcare Ireland managing director Padraic O’Brien as chairperson and Teva Ireland director of generic products Paul Neill as vice chairperson of the Irish industry association. The changes come just a few weeks after Ireland implemented its new framework agreement on off-patent pricing.

WaveData’s compilation of the fastest-rising UK generics prices in December showed several products across multiple presentations more than doubling their average trade prices to independent pharmacists.

The IGBA has appointed Vivian Frittelli as chair of the organization for 2022, taking over from Sudarshan Jain. It is Frittelli’s second time as chair of IGBA, having taken up the mantle the first time following its 2015 rebrand.

Medicines for Ireland has appointed Accord Healthcare Ireland managing director Padraic O’Brien as chairperson and Teva Ireland director of generic products Paul Neill as vice chairperson of the Irish industry association. The changes come just a few weeks after Ireland implemented its new framework agreement on off-patent pricing.

The IGBA has appointed Vivian Frittelli as chair of the organization for 2022, taking over from Sudarshan Jain. It is Frittelli’s second time as chair of IGBA, having taken up the mantle the first time following its 2015 rebrand.

Amgen CEO Robert Bradway has delivered confident predictions for the company’s biosimilars business at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, with a steady flow of launches expected to give the company’s earnings a significant boost over the coming years.

With Eagle set to launch its long-awaited vasopressin ANDA product on 17 January, the US firm’s management told investors it was unsure what its launch meant for the 505(b)(2) rival product in the hands of American Regent.

Glenmark is celebrating a “major milestone,” after its Ryaltris nasal spray to treat seasonal allergic rhinitis was approved by the FDA. Hikma will handle commercialization in the US, as part of its continued specialty push in the market.

Sun Pharma’s key antitrust trial kicks off and Lannett awaits word from the US FDA for its generic Advair filing during a busy first month of 2022, which also features updates from the annual J.P. Morgan Health Care Conference.