The hottest event of the week was the official kick-off of the centralized procurement of the third batch of pharmaceutical products organized in China, with 86 specifications started to be acquired the basic information. Regarding other aspects, no new drugs other than Humanwell’s Class 1 new drug remimazolam besylate were approved for marketing. Now, let’s review the hot events of the pharmaceutical industry this week. The news involved 6 sections: approval, R&D, performance, centralized procurement, listing, and transactions that happened during July 20-24, including 24 pieces.
Approval
NMPA
1. Humanwell’s Class 1 new drug “Remimazolam Besylate for Injection” was approved by the NMPA for marketing on July 20 for sedation during treatment or diagnosis operation. As an ultra-short-acting benzodiazepine sedative for intravenous injection developed by Paion, Humanwell obtained the license in 2012 to develop remimazolam in China through an agreement involving EUR3 million upfront payments plus subsequent share from sales.
2. Kelun’s Class 4 generic drug “Vardenafil Hydrochloride Tablets” entered the administrative approval stage on July 20, which is expected to be approved soon to become the first generic of the variety in China. Developed by Bayer, vardenafil, together with tadalafil and sildenafil, is an inhibitor of PDE5, which is used to solve the erectile dysfunction of males. The original drug was approved by the FDA in Aug. 2003 and entered China in June 2004, with a trade name of Levitra.
3. Zai Lab and Deciphera Pharmaceuticals announced on July 20 that the NMPA accepted the NDA of ripretinib for the treatment of adult patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) who have received prior treatment with 3 or more kinase inhibitors, including imatinib. Ripretinib has recently been approved for marketing in the U.S. and other places.
4. Qilu Pharmaceutical’s Class 4 generic drug “Aprepitant Capsules” was approved by the NMPA for marketing on July 20 and deemed as passing the consistency evaluation to become the first generic of its variety in China. As a highly selective antagonist of substance P / neurokinin-1 (NK1) receptor, aprepitant is used for the prevention of acute and delayed nausea and vomiting associated with initial and repeat courses of highly emetogenic cancer chemotherapy (HEC).
5. CSPC’s “Imatinib Mesylate Tablets” passed the consistency evaluation in China on July 20. Imatinib has been included in the NRDL (National Reimbursement Drug List of China) Category B List, with manufacturers in China including Novartis, the developer, Hansoh, Chiatai Tianqing, and CSPC. The drugs of Hansoh and Chiatai Tianqing have passed the consistency evaluation and won the bid with prices of RMB10.38/tablet and RMB9.77/capsule in the procurement with target quantity in the alliance regions of China.
6. Hangzhou Minsheng Pharmaceutical’s Class 3 generic drug “Ibuprofen Injection” was approved by the NMPA for marketing on July 20, making it the third enterprise with the pharmaceutical product deemed as passing the consistency evaluation in China.
7. “Acarbose Tablets”, a Class 4 generic drug, applied for by Hisun and CSPC was separately approved by the NMPA on July 20, which was deemed as passing the consistency evaluation. Before this, Acarbose Tablets of Huadong Medicine and Winsunny Pharmaceutical and Acarbose Capsules of Luye Pharma have been approved and deemed as passing the consistency evaluation.
8. Qilu Pharmaceutical announced on July 21 that it received the approval issued by the NMPA for the pharmaceutical product supplemen...
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