The Office of Generic Drugs provided an update late last night to its Activities Report of the Generic Drugs Program (FY 2019) Monthly Performance (here). Not too many surprises, but there are a couple of numbers that are of interest. Let’s start with refuse-to-receive (RTR) actions. There were only two RTR actions in July (both […]
A combination product, which is a combination of a drug or biologic with a device delivery constituent part, are typically designed, developed, and maintained under a robust manufacturing process. This article is targeted for companies that have existing combination products on the market or are prepping their quality management systems to be compliant with the […]
Contract Pharma published an article back in March briefing how the FDA will administer the transition of NDAs to BLAs. Facing the future transition of biological products from regulation as new drugs under the FFDCA to regulation as biologics under the PHSA in March of 2020, it is not too early to begin incorporating this […]
A question that may be raised by industry professionals is, “How does the upcoming ICH Q14 guideline impact the methods that I currently use?” The FDA’s July 2015 Guidance for Industry: “Analytical Procedures and Method Validation for Drugs and Biologics” references analytical method development, the use of statistical tools during method validation, and life cycle […]
This morning after reading an article in the Pink Sheet entitled US FDA Urged To Stop Slowing Approvals By Seeking Metals Data From Suppliers written by Joanne S. Eglovitch, my mind harkened back to the early 2018 slowdown (and almost stop) in ANDA approvals based on the elemental impurities issue (see earlier post (here). The […]
I don’t know about you but has this year flown by or what? Summer will be over on Labor Day and there will be only one month left in FY 2019. OGD approval actions thru reporting on August 22 show OGD with 53 full approval actions and 11 tentative approval actions. Thus, it looks like […]
As I read the article “Prescription-drug policy: Don’t throw the bed out with bedpan”, written by Jim Waters in the Bluegrass Institute (here) about the “Pay-for-Delay issue, I harkened back to a position I took in a very old FTC law suit (that FTC won) and thought – well, someone else gets it! While I […]
It is paramount that a Quality Control laboratory has a calibration and preventative maintenance program for the laboratory instrumentation so that there is assurance that the instrumentation continues to be “fit for purpose” and that there is confidence in the accuracy and reliability of all analytical instruments. There should be a controlled, comprehensive list of […]
When it comes to ice cream and desserts, I must admit the more the better in my opinion. The same, however, doesn’t hold true for laboratory testing and the resultant data. All testing performed and data generated must be accountable to ensure the integrity of the data. Performing extra testing, even if with all good […]
In a Federal Register announcement today (here), the FDA announced the availability of a final guidance entitled Child-Resistant Packaging Statements in Drug Product Labeling. The guidance provides information on the type of statement that may be made on child-resistant packaging for drug products. As a reminder, the FDA has not regulated child-resistant packaging since 1973, […]
