It has been a while since I posted about a food additive but I feel that this issue is important enough to blog about as it is a final step after a long debate about the safe use of BVO. Today, on the Federal Register’s (FR) pre-publication page (here), there is a proposed rule to […]
First, let’s look at September 2023 statistics (end of FY 2023), then we will comment on the full FY stats. As we reported here, September looked to be a slow month, and it was. While we missed a few full-approval actions (we reported forty-one), the OGD actually issued forty-four, and ten tentative-approval actions. Remember, the Agency […]
Join us November 28, 2023 / 14:00 – 15:00 GMT / 9:00AM – 10:00AM EST for A Lachman Learning Experience. Data integrity is an ever-increasing concern in life sciences for the purpose of ensuring safety and enhancing quality among all manufacturers. Coming under recent scrutiny is data integrity and its far-reaching impact on manufacturing safety […]
The EU has continued its advancement of initiatives and intentions to combat the drug shortage problem. The latest communication is titled “Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Addressing medicine shortages in the EU” (here). This is a deep dive […]
The artificial intelligence paradigm shift is taking what was once a wish into reality, specifically, cross-regulatory agency coordination and harmonization. The latest publication in this area is a joint effort of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.K.’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), and Health Canada to define guiding principles in AI […]
In case you didn’t have the opportunity to attend the GRx+Biosims 2023 conference or were there and want to revisit the featured panel on nitrosamine impurities, here’s a quick recap and a link to the full Contract Pharma article, authored by Jennifer Leaming, Principal Consultant, Lachman Consultants. Four presentations were made by FDA representatives on […]
Lachman Consultants (Ireland) will participate at this year’s PDA Quality and Regulations Conference in Antwerp, Belgium, November 7 – 8. The two-day in-person event will cover a wide range of topics related to regulatory and industry best practices, with a particular emphasis on addressing shortages and enhancing supply chain resilience. Lachman Consultants (Ireland) will be […]
Once again, with October approval action postings surprisingly low, I confirmed that the FDA is still having trouble with its internal IT systems that generate this information and populate certain databases. While it does not appear to be impacting data regarding NDAs, the ANDA postings are spotty at best. The word came back from OGD […]
Did you ever want to do something to help half a million consumers (on average) who are impacted by a drug shortages? This may seem daunting and based on the last few years almost impossible, but the first step is clear: increase your or your company’s awareness of the situation. Knowledge is power. Lachman is […]
Yesterday, the FDA issued a draft guidance titled “Communications From Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of Approved/Cleared Medical Products: Questions and Answers” (here). If you can get that out of your mouth without taking a breath, I think you must be a free diver. The issue of disseminating information […]
