While the number of data integrity (DI) findings have increased over the last few years, as evidenced by citations in a number of Warning Letters, the FDA stance on DI seems to have mellowed since the generic drug scandal of the late 1980s. The FDA guidance document (here) walks firms through their responsibilities in assuring […]
Lachman Consultants was the Business Exposition Sponsor at the Generic Pharmaceutical Association Annual Meeting in Orlando, held February 22-24, 2016. If we didn’t see you there, we hope to see you at our booth there next year!
When reason does not win the day, use money! And that is just what Congress appears to be doing by keeping FDA from spending any appropriated funds on their controversial labeling rule that would permit generic manufacturers to revise their labeling to include new warnings. Our friends at RAPS had a nice article on this […]
In an ever-increasing effort, the Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) is keeping on top of this aspect of industry’s desire to obtain guidance on establishing bioequivalence for generic drug products. Today FDA published new bioequivalence (BE) guidance for 35 drug products and revised guidance for 8 previously issued recommendations. The entire listing of the newly […]
In a recent speech given to the 2016 Opioid and Drug Abuse Summit, FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf outlined the FDA’s plans on addressing the opioid abuse epidemic and touched on a number of important and critical issues that underscore the tough job ahead of them. He emphasized that there needs to be a multipronged […]
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the ocean, someone spots another shark. As noted in our post yesterday (here), the Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) fully approved 63 ANDAs and tentatively approved 16 ANDAs in March. We were hoping to see approval actions outpace receipts, however, much to our surprise, […]
FDA had the second highest monthly post-GDUFA number of full ANDA approvals at 63, and with 16 tentative approvals the total for approval actions for March 2016 hits 79. The full ANDA approval picture is looking a bit rosier with the second highest month this FY and also the second highest number of full approvals […]
The FDA has published a proposed rule regarding Time and Extent Applications (TEAs) that will establish timelines and metrics associated with their review. Just to remind you, a TEA is now the preferred option to add a product to an over-the-counter (OTC) monograph for products that were initially marketed in the United States after the […]
About a week ago I began getting calls and getting feedback about a change in the Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) Approval letter format. What might appear at first to be a minor change has raised the eyebrows of many in industry and represents yet another “transparency” faux pas that occurred without warning or without explanation.
The integrity of data used to ensure the quality of drugs is paramount to a drug’s safety and efficacy and can have a great impact on public health. The topic of “Protecting and Promoting Data Integrity” was presented by Kathleen Culver from FDA (Field Investigator and Drug Preapproval Manager, FDA Cincinnati District), Tracy Moore (Senior GMDP Inspector and GMDP Operations Manager, MHRA), and Paul Vogel (Chairman, Lachman Consultant Services, Inc.) at the recent PharmaLink Conference, which was co-sponsored by Xavier Health and the FDA, held on March 16-17, 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
