Oct 16 (Reuters) - The US FDA's drug evaluation department said on Friday it has formed a board to oversee and advise on exclusivity determinations made by the department, aiming to improve clarity and consistency of those decisions.
Here are more details:
• FDA-granted exclusivity rewards innovation by giving newly approved drugs a period of market protection, before lower-cost generic competitors enter the market
• The CDER (Center for Drug Evaluation and Research) exclusivity board will oversee certain
exclusivity determinations, including whether and what type of exclusivity should be granted and the appropriate scope of grants, the agency said on Friday
• The board will focus on 5-year new chemical entity exclusivity that is granted to a drug whose active ingredient has never before been approved by the FDA
• It will also oversee 3-year new clinical trial exclusivity grants that are meant for drugs that use a previously approved active ingredient, but their approval relies on new clinical studies conducted or funded by the sponsor
• It will advise on exclusivity for biological products too
• The board will not review other types of exclusivity apart from the three, it said
• The board also may evaluate and make recommendations regarding CDER's policies and practices relating to exclusivity and maintain records of exclusivity determinations
(Reporting by Sneha S K in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)
