Back in August 2023, we reported the approval of a significant number of Lisdexamfetamine ANDAs (here) that we believed would mitigate the ongoing shortage. Today, however, the FDA reported (here) that Lisdexamfetamine capsule dosage-form products are in trouble again. On the list of Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate Capsule drug shortages are eleven companies, with only two of […]
Are the wheels coming off the plan to import drugs from Canada, just days after FDA approved Florida’s import plan? It appears that Canada is not too happy and will take any action necessary to assure that importation of drugs by one of the biggest states in the United States will not disrupt the Canadian […]
The FDA report Advancing Health Through Innovation: New Drug Therapy Approvals 2023 (here) outlines the progress that the Agency has made on the approval of novel drugs (those “which are for therapies that have not previously been approved in the U.S.”), and provides a number of interesting statistics, so I urge you to read the […]
Have you ever found an Empower 3 chromatogram with no plot and the message “Incomplete Data”? You might have assumed that there was a system glitch, resulting in no data being acquired for the injection. However, data may have been acquired and can only be viewed if you have the appropriate permission(s). A search of the […]
This has been a long time coming and perhaps the impetus was Florida’s suit against the FDA for taking so long to authorize the program, but now the fun begins. The letter to the Secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration authorizing the Canadian drug import program (here) provides a laundry list of […]
I last wrote about the topic of ANDA Suitability Petitions (SPs) in August 2023. At the conclusion of that blog post, I referenced an SP response that had been issued in April 2000 for a SP that was submitted in November 1999, which amounted to completed review and response by the FDA in less than […]
The Office of Generic Drugs unofficially issued 52 full approval actions and 11 tentative approval actions in December 2023. Not bad considering it was the holiday season and (in fact) a tad better than the most recent holiday season of December 2022 when OGD also issued 52 full approval actions and just 7 tentative approval […]
The FDA published the Generic Drugs Program 2023 Fiscal Year Web Posting (here) on December 28, 2023. This document reflects the FDA’s performance for meeting GDUFA goal dates for FY 2023 submissions. The document meets the required reporting of certain performance metrics as outlined in the GDUFA III commitment letter. Bravo to the OGD for getting the report […]
In 2011, the FDA published the draft “Food and Drug Administration Report on Good Guidance Practices: Improving Efficiency and Transparency” (here) that established the way that the FDA would prioritize, develop, and release guidances in draft or final, and identified two levels of guidances, a so-called Level 1 and Level 2. A Level 1 guidance document is one […]
With 2024 coming up fast, we thought it would be good to look back at some of the more impactful changes to the quality landscape that came about this past year. Here are just some of the stories from the Lachman blog that exemplify a productive year 2023 for our industry. Get Ready for […]
