Without much fanfare, on November 11, 2019, OGD approved the first generic vaginal contraceptive ring. Amneal’s approval showed up today on the Drug@FDA, FDA approved drugs list. It is a therapeutic equivalent to Nuvaring by Organon/Merck. Given the ANDA number, it appears that the application was submitted about early to mid-2018, which by all standards […]
Based on our post previewing the November totals, there were some late added approvals that did not initially show up on the Agency approval databases. We reported 49 full approval actions and 8 tentative approval actions on December 3rd. With the release of the official November numbers (here), OGD issued 59 full approval actions and […]
In a blog post, Kurt Karst (Hyman, Phelps, and McNamara) addressed at least one very significant issue the proposed Blocking Act of 2019 could have (here). Many believe that the change from the current legislative language may erode the value of 180-day exclusivity and, in the long run, could lead to higher drug prices. The […]
Reading Derrick Gingery’s article “ANDA Approval Records Will End As U.S. FDA Mops Up Backlog” (here) in today’s Pink Sheet about Dr. Woodcock’s contention that the clearance or “mop up” of the backlog will impact the number of generic drug approvals, I was somewhat stopped in my tracks. Granted, the backlog of old applications did […]
Excipients are components used and intentionally added to a drug product with no expectation that they will have a therapeutic effect. A novel excipient is one that has never been used and “reviewed in an FDA approved drug product or does not have an established use in foods”. Since the beginning of time, the Agency […]
As of the postings both on the FDA daily approvals list (here) and the FDA All Approvals List (here), the morning of December 3, 2019 OGD lists 49 full approval actions and 8 tentative approval actions for a total of 57 approval actions for month two of FY 2020. October has a final official approval […]
Just look around, watch the television, read the newspaper, and what do you see? Seems like very few reasons to be thankful. School and workplace shootings, the political scene is as nasty as I ever remember in my 70 years on earth. Climate change is threatening the future of our children, and the environmental controls […]
I read four articles this morning (here, here, here, and here) about Medicare and how it can take years to get a generic drug placed on the appropriate tier for coverage after a first generic is approved, and it just makes my blood boil. With all the press about lowering drug prices and knowing that […]
In the prepublication page of the Federal Register Notice (here) published today, OGD announced 28 new bioequivalence recommendations and revised 53 previously issued recommendations. While the new and revised guidance documents appear on the listing of Product-Specific Guidances for Generic Drug Development (here), the links to the new and revised documents were not yet active […]
OGD reported the official approval actions, receipts, and Complete Response Letters for the first month of FY 2020. There were 57 full approval actions and 8 tentative approval actions for a total of 65 approval actions for the month of October (we reported 52 and 9 actions respectively here), so it appears that there were […]
