Today, December 17, 2020, the Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee meeting discussed the Moderna vaccine. That vaccine is an mRNA vaccine, much the same as the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine. To remind you, the mRNA vaccine: Does not replicate Does not enter or integrate into DNA And the Moderna vaccine does not contain any preservatives […]
While many in the industry have complained about the handling of controlled correspondences (CCs), the numbers of CCs submitted in a given month continues to rise as it has every fiscal year since the process was formalized under GDUFA I. Complaints of non-answers to questions, unclear answers, and just flat-out denials of acceptance of CCs […]
Oh, what a year it has been! Political turmoil topped only by the devastating novel coronavirus. With a vaccine EUA and vaccine on the way, perhaps 2021 will see an attenuation of the Covid-19 pandemic and our businesses and the world will start to open up again. Small businesses have been devastated, the world has […]
There’s still time to register for Lachman Consultants’ free webinar, “Looking Ahead: Virtual Auditing for FDA Inspection Preparedness: Right Now, Next Year and Beyond.” The event, which takes place Tuesday, December 15, 2020, from 11:00 am to 11:45 am EST, is an in-depth look at how organizations regulated by the FDA can utilize new virtual […]
November OGD ANDA approval actions totaled seventy-six, down from the ninety-three seen in October. The seventy-six approval actions consist of fifty-five full-approval actions and twenty-one tentative‑approval (TA) actions. Twenty-one TA actions is relatively high and came in second over the last FY with April 2020 generating twenty-two TA actions. In the beginning of FY 2019, […]
Today was the FDA vaccine advisory committee meeting to provide feedback to the FDA regarding the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine. I don’t think anyone will be surprised by the outcome, especially since the pre-meeting package written by the FDA was extremely favorable regarding the safety profile and the very high efficacy rates seen in the study. […]
Based on the FDA advanced posting of material regarding the advisory committee meeting tomorrow to consider an EUA for the Pfizer vaccine, it appears that there should be clear sailing. From the materials that I was able to review, there were very few serious adverse reactions, 95% efficacy rate, and low episodes of severe disease […]
The Coronavirus pandemic has forced organizations worldwide to adjust current business goals and objectives drastically. One priority that hasn’t changed for companies regulated by the FDA is inspection preparedness and compliance. Although this process typically requires working on-site with qualified third-party experts, auditing for FDA inspection preparedness can now occur over a remote connection as […]
In May of 2014, the FDA issued a draft guidance entitled Best Practices in Developing Proprietary Names for Drugs. This draft guidance contained recommendations for the selection of proprietary names for both prescription (Rx) and over-the-counter (OTC) medications. In the 6-and-a-half-year interval that has passed since the issuance of this guidance, the FDA has initiated […]
On Wednesday, December 9, 2020, Fran Zipp, CEO and President of Lachman Consultants will be delivering the Opening Address during the Joint Opening Plenary Sessions of the ISPE Singapore Affiliate Virtual Conference. Joining her in the Joint Opening Plenary are Pierre Winnepenninckx, Conference Chair, ISPE Singapore Affiliate, and Shanshan Liu, President, ISPE Singapore Affiliate, as well as regulators […]
