It’s another month of full stats in the books, but not much to cheer about. Let’s have a look at some of the highlights (or lowlights, if you will) of the month’s statistics. OGD Refused-to-Receive (RTR) 4 ANDAs in July and all four were for standard ANDAs. The average RTRs per month through the first […]
In a Federal Register notice (here) that will publish on Monday, August 30th, the FDA announced that it “is withdrawing approval of the abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for solifenacin succinate tablets, 5 milligrams (mg) and 10 mg, held by Breckenridge Pharmaceutical, Inc.” Breckenridge waived its opportunity for hearing on the proposed withdrawal. What makes this instance so […]
Well, with the only reported number that is up this month being for the receipt of new ANDAs (seventy‑six, the third highest number of new ANDA submissions in a month thus far this FY), I think we have some head‑scratching to do. Should the current rate of new ANDA submissions continue in the fourth quarter, […]
The FDA issued its final guidance on Field Alert Reports (FARs) today (here). This guidance finalizes the draft guidance of the same title issued on July 19, 2018. FARs have been the subject of much misunderstanding and interpretation regarding when, what, how, and where reports should be sent. I can’t tell you how many times […]
The FDA announced the Generic Animal Drug User Fee Rates for FY 2022 in today’s Federal Register here. This will be a first in an avalanche of announcements of new User Fee rates for the coming FY. The rates for Generic Animal Drugs for FY 2022 are provided in the table below: Fee Category […]
With the news that domestic inspections are back on track the question comes with what is the backlog and how long will it take to slug through the outstanding inspections work? Question number 2 is then what do we anticipate seeing from these new domestic inspections? With it being over a year+ (March 2020) since […]
If you have been in the generic industry for, as they say, a minute, you know that one of the major and years old problem generic applicants have faced is being able to obtain samples of the reference listed drug (RLD) product to use in required bioequivalence (BE) testing to support approval of an abbreviated […]
As of today, July 19, 2021, FDA has posted its approvals up to and including July 15th, and the scorecard thru the top of the 4th inning is reported at 27 full approval actions and 2 tentative approval actions. If the current rate of approval actions holds for the month, we should see total approval […]
We have heard a lot about the use of real world evidence (RWE) and real world data (RWD) lately in the context of potential approval of new uses of approved drugs. Well, on July 16, 2021, FDA “approved a new use for Prograf (tacrolimus) based on a non-interventional (observational) study providing real-world evidence (RWE) of […]
Dr. Janet Woodcock, the Acting FDA commissioner, is a long-time career executive having begun her tenure in 1986. Full disclosure, I worked with or for her when I was at the Office of Generic Drugs from 1985 through December 1995 in various capacities. She has been serving as Acting Commissioner since her appointment for over […]