Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act

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The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act is a U.S. law that created an abbreviated regulatory pathway for approval of biosimilar and interchangeable biological products to promote competition while balancing incentives for innovation.

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Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act canonical 2
BPCIA 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
health law ⓘ
allows extrapolation of clinical data to additional indications under certain conditions ⓘ
amends Public Health Service Act section 351 ⓘ
appliesTo biological products licensed under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act ⓘ
codifiedAtSection 42 U.S.C. § 262(k) ⓘ
42 U.S.C. § 262(l) ⓘ
codifiedIn Public Health Service Act ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsPathwayFor biosimilar biological products ⓘ
interchangeable biological products ⓘ
dateSigned 2010-03-23 ⓘ
definesTerm biosimilar ⓘ
interchangeable ⓘ
reference product ⓘ
differsFrom Hatch–Waxman Act small-molecule generic framework ⓘ
enactedAsPartOf Affordable Care Act ⓘ
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ⓘ
linked to: Affordable Care Act
enactedBy 111th United States Congress ⓘ
establishes abbreviated licensure pathway for biosimilars ⓘ
establishesProcedure patent information exchange between reference product sponsor and biosimilar applicant ⓘ
so-called patent dance under 42 U.S.C. § 262(l) ⓘ
establishesStandard interchangeable products may be substituted at pharmacy level subject to state law ⓘ
no clinically meaningful differences between biosimilar and reference product ⓘ
excludes small-molecule drugs approved under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ⓘ
implementedBy FDA guidance documents on biosimilars ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
legalArea food and drug law ⓘ
intellectual property ⓘ
pharmaceutical regulation ⓘ
policyObjective ensure safety and efficacy of biosimilar products ⓘ
reduce healthcare costs through biosimilar competition ⓘ
primaryGoal promote competition in biologic drug markets ⓘ
providesExclusivity 12 years reference product data exclusivity ⓘ
4 years filing exclusivity before biosimilar application may be submitted ⓘ
regulatoryAgency U.S. Food and Drug Administration ⓘ
relatedTo Hatch–Waxman Act ⓘ
requires biosimilarity to be demonstrated based on analytical, animal, and clinical studies unless waived ⓘ
same mechanism of action as reference product when known ⓘ
same route of administration, dosage form, and strength as reference product, with limited exceptions ⓘ
secondaryGoal balance competition with incentives for innovation ⓘ
shortName BPCIA ⓘ
signedBy Barack Obama ⓘ
subjectMatter biological products regulation ⓘ
biosimilar medicines ⓘ
interchangeable biological products ⓘ
yearEnacted 2010 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 → relatedTo → Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act ⓘ
Prescription Drug User Fee Act of 1992 → relatedTo → Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act ⓘ
Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act → shortName → BPCIA ⓘ
linked to: Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act