Machine Learning (aka Artificial Intelligence) has put a spotlight on the importance of algorithms. While the term algorithm is ancient, meaning “a process or set of rules to be followed in problem-solving operations,” the modern use within refers to the complex way that the software behaves. Before broad adoption of Machine Learning in other industries, […]
Looks like we all will be doing a lot of reading and assimilation of new information in 2021. The CDER Guidance Agenda – New & Revised Draft Guidance Documents Planned for Publication in Calendar Year 2021 contains 105 new and revised guidance documents that CDER plans to release this year. While there are a number […]
We are two-thirds through the reporting workdays for the month of January 2021 and OGD has reported 35 full approval actions and 4 tentative approval actions (total 39). If the pace of approvals does not pick up in the last 6 reporting days, we are set to have a total of full and tentative approval […]
Goal dates extended, virtual inspections taking longer, and on-site inspections still too slow for industry. COVID is mostly to blame, but, once the vaccine is widely available, then maybe inspection activity will pick up further domestically and possibly even foreign inspections. Right now, the landscape is not pleasing to either FDA or the industry. High […]
So, here is my question – when will the Congress and the FDA get off their butts and do something about active pharmaceutical ingredients appearing in dietary supplements or the other issues with dietary supplements that occur over and over? This is not a new problem. We have posted about it numerous times here, here, […]
On January 15, 2021, the FDA issued the guidance titled “Protecting Participants in Bioequivalence Studies for Abbreviated New Drug Applications During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency”. This guidance provides recommendations to study sponsors for the continuation or initiation of their bioequivalence (BE) studies during this COVID-19 public health emergency. As is no surprise, FDA clearly […]
The confusion regarding the initial publication of the OTC User Fee Act announcing the user fee structure originally published here and its subsequent withdrawal published here is (for the most part) clarified now by the January 12, 2021 FR Notice here that identifies the issue precipitating in the withdrawal. In the current FR Notice, the […]
In a continuing effort to deal with the number of ANDAs, supplements, and bioequivalence work and maintain a consistent and uniform quality of its reviews, the Office of Generic Drugs will be moving forward with a reorganization plan that will likely be effective sometime later in 2021. In the announcement received via email this morning, […]
As we hoped in our post here, the unofficial approval numbers for December were pretty good. As of postings on the FDA’s All Approvals list as of January 7, 2021 (here), OGD posted 63 full approval actions and 20 tentative approval actions for a total of 83, up from the November 76 total approval actions. […]
On December 28, 2020, we published a blog post on the OMUFA fee structure for new OTC reviews and facilities (here). Today, in the prepublication of the Federal Register (FR) here, the FDA abruptly withdrew the FR Notice. Looks like someone along the way goofed as the notice bluntly indicates that “[T]he Department of Health […]
