08
Mar
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Whoops! February Approval Actions at 99 or 106! But Don’t Be Fooled by the Numbers – Plus January Stat Update

Well, for the first time, our initial estimates of approval actions for a month was higher than the reported official figures, but are they really?  Don’t know exactly how that happened because our estimates are usually below the totals.  Anyway, the official figures posted today (here) were eight-two full approvals and seventeen tentative approvals.  However, […]

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01
Mar
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Final Guidance on Bulk Drugs that Can Be Used for Compounding for 503B Outsourcing Facilities

The FDA has revised and finalized a guidance document, originally issued in draft on March 26, 2018, entitled Evaluation of Bulk Drug Substances Nominated for Use in Compounding under Section 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (here).  After the posting of the draft guidance, the FDA says that it received approximately sixty […]

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26
Feb

Continuous Manufacturing Guidance Issued by FDA – Can Generics Successfully Implement this Strategy?

Today, the FDA issued a guidance titled Quality Considerations for Continuous Manufacturing (here).  Talk about a controversial proposition!  The generic industry has long held that implementation of continuous manufacturing might not be appropriate for their business.  Why?  I am not always clear on the answer to that question, but change is always difficult, especially when […]

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25
Feb

BE Guidances Flying Off the Shelf – The Revisions Can Hit the Floor the Hardest!

Today, the FDA issued twenty-two new bioequivalence recommendations, some of which were for some fairly old products, including a couple of DESI drugs.  There were no surprises in the newly issued listings; however, as we have gone on about previously, the FDA has also issued fifty-two – yes, fifty-two – revisions to previously issued guidances.  […]

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15
Feb

FDA Issues Guidance Document on CGT

Today, the FDA issued a guidance document titled “Competitive Generic Therapies (CGT)” which describes the new statutory requirements under section 506H of the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 (FDARA).  CGT was enacted to promote and incentivize the development, expedite the review (and thus approval) of certain previously approved drugs with little or no competition.  In […]

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12
Feb

New OGD Director Named!

Today, the FDA announced the appointment of Sally Choe, PhD to succeed Kathleen (Cook) Uhl, M.D. as Director of the Office of Generic Drugs (Cook’s last day at OGD will be March 2).  Dr. Choe currently serves as Deputy Office Director, Office of Study Integrity and Surveillance within Office of Medical Products and Tobacco, Center […]

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