Submitted: 22 November 2023; Revised: 24 November 2023; Accepted: 27 November 2023; Published online first: 28 November 2023 Biologics are the fastest-growing class of medications in the United States and account for a substantial and growing portion of healthcare costs. The Biologics Price Competition Act of 2009 created an abbreviated approval pathway for the U.S. Food…

Author(s): Sarah Schrieber, PharmD

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2023.1203.016

Original Research

Published on 28 November 2023

Pharmacokinetic bioequivalence studies of a new Etoricoxib tablet formulation developed using proprietary MiST technology — risk assessment and mitigation using GastroPlus software

Author byline as per print journal: Dhananjay Panigrahi1, MPharm; Aditya Murthy2, MPharm, PhD; Shubham Jamdade2, MPharm; Manoj Gundeti2, MPharm; Nagarjun Rangaraj1, MPharm, PhD; Anup Avijit Choudhury1, MPharm; Tausif Ahmed2, MPharm, PhD; Venkat Ramana Naidu1, MPharm, PhD Introduction: In this work, we present model` guided development of a new Etoricoxib tablet formulation using a proprietary technology.…

etoricoxib, GastroPlus®, modelling and simulation, PBBM, spray granulation, virtual bioequivalence

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2024.1301.003

Editor's Letter

Published on 10 January 2024

Latest features in GaBI Journal, 2023, Issue 3

The articles in this issue of the GaBI ­Journal highlight two important issues that must be considered when reading scientific publications. The first two articles illustrate the rapidly expanding influence of non-US, non-European economies on the global pharmaceutical industry. The second two articles illustrate the need to carefully evaluate the role of any potential author…

Author(s): Professor Philip D Walson, MD

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2023.1203.012

Author byline as per print journal: Ali M Alhomaidan, PhD; Mohammed Abdulaziz Alageel, MSc; Turki Abdulaziz Alrafie, MSc; Hassan Mohammed Alqarni, MSc; Ibraheem Yahya Khbrani, MSc; Dalal J Alkhamis, MSc; Mohammed F Alkhalifah, MSc; Abdualmajeed S bin Jumaiah, MSc; Mohammed A Dahhas, PhD Abstract: The Saudi Food and Drug Authority’s (SFDA) pharmaceutical products approval and…

Common Technical Documents, drug regulation, good manufacturing practice, Saudi FDA

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2023.1203.013

Editor's Letter

Published on 14 September 2023

Extrapolation requires reading between the lines

The articles in this second issue of 2023 include an Original Research (Internet questionnaire) of the ‘opinions’ of Canadian ophthalmologists, a Review Article describing a statistical method to assess the ‘drift’ in the attributes of a reference, originator biological product, a Perspective (opinion) article questioning the value of ethnic sensitivity studies (ESS) in the evaluation of…

Author(s): Professor Philip D Walson, MD

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2023.1202.007

Meeting Report

Published on 14 September 2023

Medicare drug price negotiations: impact on healthcare development and patient access to medicines

Author byline as per print journal: Michael S Reilly, Esq; Thomas R Barker, Esq, JD; Charles M Clapton, Esq; Steven J Potts, PhD, MBA; Andrew Spiegel, Esq Introduction: In the US, a Medicare drug price negotiation provision has been introduced in the form of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). An online webinar on the…

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2023.1203.015

Sponsored Article

Published on 14 September 2023

Biosimilar antibody drug conjugates: considerations of higher order structure and aggregation

Abstract: Undoubtedly the complexity of antibody drug conjugate (ADC) molecules where three components (monoclonal antibody, cytotoxic drug and appropriate linker) are involved poses a challenge for biosimilar development. As with all biomolecule development, both novel and biosimilar, it is important to choose orthogonal analytical techniques to interrogate Quality Attributes, particularly for higher order structure (HOS)…

Author(s): Richard L Easton, BSC (Hons), DIC, PhD

antibody-drug conjugates, biosimilarity, characterization techniques, higher order structure, orthogonality, protein aggregation

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2023.1203.018

Author byline as per print journal: Ka-Liong Tan1, DPhil; Ainoon Othman1; Irwan Mohd Subri2,3; Noor Fadzilah Zulkifli1; Mohd Mahyeddin Mohd Salleh3; Nazariyah Yahaya4; Khairun Nain Nor Aripin1; Shahirah Nadiah Shaharuddin5; Seri Azalina Mohd Ghazalli6; Muhammad Syazan Sulaiman6 Abstract: In recent years, there has been a rapid growth of the halal pharmaceutical industry, especially in the…

halal assurance, halal pharmaceuticals, oral dosage, supply chain

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2023.1203.014

Author byline as per print journal: Sandeep N Athalye1, MBBS, MD; Dev B Baruah1, MPharm; Shivani Mittra1, MPharm, PhD; Ankit Ranpura1, MD; Kuldeep Kumar1, PhD; Elena Wolff-Holz2, MD Abstract: Ethnic sensitivity assessments in the form of bridging pharmacokinetics (PK) studies are often needed for biosimilar monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to meet regulatory requirements in regions like…

biosimilar development, ethnic sensitivity assessments, global access, monoclonal antibodies, multi-regional clinical trials, regulatory reforms

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2023.1202.010

Author byline as per print journal: Jiayin Zheng1, PhD; Peijin Wang`2, MS; Yixin Wang3, PhD; Shein-Chung Chow2, PhD Abstract: For the biosimilarity assessment between a test product and a reference product, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends a stepwise approach for obtaining totality-of-the-evidence in support of regulatory approval of the submission. The stepwise…

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2023.1202.009

Author byline as per print journal: Michael S Reilly, Esq; Jane Barratt, PhD Introduction: The first biosimilar entered the Canadian market in 2009 and the first ophthalmic biosimilar was approved in 2022. In 2022, the Alliance for Safe Biologic Medicines (ASBM) and the International Federation on Ageing (IFA) asked prescribing ophthalmology physicians in Canada for…

biologicals, biosimilars, Canada, ophthalmology

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2023.1202.008

Editor's Letter

Published on 03 May 2023

Lagging acceptance of generic and biosimilar drug products; the rest of the story

The article in this issue of the GaBI Journal reminded me of The Rest of the Story radio programme originally hosted by Mr Paul Harvey that started each episode with, ‘And now for the rest of the story’. This is because these articles illustrate that sometimes what is not discussed in an article can be…

Author(s): Professor Philip D Walson, MD

DOI: 10.5639/gabij.2023.1201.001