In a recent issue of a veterinary journal, vaccines for bees (for American Foul Brood – AFB) made the headlines. Veterinarians would oversee administering the vaccine and possibly in “compounding” the vaccine for specific queen bees. Honeybees are food animals because they produce honey for human consumption and because they have a role in crop […]
On 8/6/2021, a Federal Register Notice (here) was issued announcing an extension of the period before FDA intends to begin enforcing the statutory 5 percent limit on out of state distribution of compounded human drug products. FDA is extending the period for states to decide whether to sign the final MOU, (“Memorandum of Understanding Addressing […]
How long has it taken for a Final Standard Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for States regarding Compounding Pharmacies to be issued? Are States or appropriate agencies (referred to as States below) ready to sign, acquire infrastructure, hire the necessary human resources, develop the enabling documentation, execute the requirements of the provisions, create the necessary records, […]
As part of the Agency’s ongoing efforts to ensure patient’s access to drugs, FDA is continuing to develop and evaluate a list of bulk drug substances that 503B Outsourcing Facilities can use in compounding, when it has been determined that there is a clinical/medical need that can’t be met by an available FDA-approved drug. On […]
In late 2018, FDA entered a contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies) to examine the clinical utility (effectiveness), safety and uses of compounded bioidentical hormone therapy (cBHT). A high-level committee was formed and examined in detail the clinical utility of cBHT drug preparations, especially those containing estradiol, estrone, […]
The FDA continues to make drug compounding a high priority and will enforce the requirements of the DQSA. The FDA was very busy last week and, on May 13, 2020, Janet Woodcock, MD, Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, issued two letters, one responding to a citizen’s petition (here) and one announcing the availability […]
FDA has been discussing using temporary enforcement discretion in two April 2020 Guidance for Industry documents for sterile compounding during the Covid-19 crisis: “Temporary Policy for Compounding of Certain Drugs for Hospitalized Patients by Outsourcing Facilities During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (here)” and “Temporary Policy Regarding Non Standard PPE Practices for Sterile Compounding by […]
FDA issues Guidance for Industry: “Fees for Human Drug Compounding Outsourcing Facilities Under Sections 503B and 744K of the FD&C Act, April 2020”. With all that’s going on with Covid-19, FDA is diligently executing their priorities for this fiscal year. In FY19, FDA’s priorities for Compounding (human drugs) were to: maintain quality manufacturing and compliance; […]
On September 7, 2018, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb stated that the FDA will expand on their implementation of their 2018 Compounding Priorities Plan and that they feel like they must continue to balance the need to preserve access to appropriately compounded drugs for patients who have a medical need for these products with the need […]
The FDA estimates that the burden of information collection under their newly revised draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) (here) and reporting to the FDA to be about 7600 hours per year per state (assuming approximately 2000 work hours per year; this equates to about four new employees per year per state). The FDA also estimates […]
