Hab mal die Stelle mit dem Orphan Drug Status raus gesucht.
" We may not be able to obtain or maintain orphan drug exclusivity for our product candidates. If Shire is able to obtain orphan drug exclusivity for SHP625, or any of our other competitors is able to obtain orphan drug exclusivity for any of its products that is the same drug as one of our product candidates, or can be classified as a similar medicinal product within the meaning of E.U. law, we may not be able to have competing products approved by the applicable regulatory authority for a significant period of time.
Regulatory authorities in some jurisdictions, including Europe and the United States, may designate drugs for relatively small patient populations as orphan drugs. The FDA has granted orphan drug designation to A4250, which is an IBAT inhibitor, for the treatment of PFIC, as well as PBC, and the EMA has designated A4250 as an orphan medicinal product for the treatment of PFIC, as well as PBC and ALGS. Generally, if a designated orphan drug product receives the first marketing approval for the orphan indication for which it has been designated, the product is entitled to a period of market exclusivity, which, subject to certain exceptions, precludes the EMA from accepting another marketing application for a similar medicinal product or the FDA from approving another marketing application for the same drug for the same indication for that period of exclusivity. The applicable market exclusivity period is seven years in the United States and 10 years in the European Union. The E.U. exclusivity period can be reduced to six years if a drug no longer meets the criteria for orphan drug designation, including if the drug is sufficiently profitable so that market exclusivity is no longer justified.
In the European Union, a ?similar medicinal product? is a medicinal product that contains a similar active substance or substances as contained in a currently authorized orphan medicinal product and that is intended for the same therapeutic indication. For a product candidate such as A4250, the FDA defines ?same drug? as a drug that contains the same active moiety, which refers to the molecule which is responsible for the physiological or pharmacological action of the drug, and is intended for the same use. Obtaining orphan drug exclusivity for A4250 for PFIC, both in the United States and in Europe, may be important to the product candidate?s success. Shire?s product candidate for the treatment of PFIC and other rare liver diseases, SHP625, which has been reported to be an IBAT inhibitor, has also received orphan drug designation from the FDA and EMA, and SHP625 has been evaluated to date in a greater number of PFIC patients than A4250. If Shire or any other competitor of ours obtains orphan drug exclusivity for, and approval of, a product for the same indication as A4250 before we do and if the competitor?s product is the same drug or a similar medicinal product as ours, we could be excluded from the market until that exclusivity period expires.
Moreover, we may not be able to maintain orphan drug exclusivity for A4250 for PFIC or any other indication, or for any other product candidate and indication for which we obtain orphan drug exclusivity in the future. For example, if a competitive product that is the same drug or a similar medicinal product as our product candidate is shown to be clinically superior to our product candidate, any orphan drug exclusivity that we have obtained will not block the approval of such competitive product. In addition, orphan drug exclusivity will not prevent the approval of a product that is the same drug as our product candidate if the FDA finds that we cannot assure the availability of sufficient quantities of the drug to meet the needs of the persons with the disease or condition for which the drug was designated. Finally, even if we obtain orphan drug exclusivity for a product, that exclusivity may not effectively protect the product from competition because different drug products can be approved for the same condition. "
Beide Medikamente (A4250 und von Shire SHP625) haben den Status erhalten. Wer jetzt zuerst die Zulassung erhält und das Medikament dem anderen überlegen ist, hat die Exclusivität? Ist das so korrekt?
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