In an FDA new release (here), the Agency announced that it was pulling its EUA saying they “determined that the legal criteria for issuing an EUA are no longer met”. The Agency took this action after a review of the current state of knowledge on the two drugs relative to their unproven efficacy and serious […]
FDA issued three updated guidance documents that have revised recommendations and additional information on the preparation, manufacture, and temporary compounding of hand sanitizers under the COVID-19 public health emergency. The Agency provides additional guidance on the use of both active and inactive ingredients, updates permitted formulation and denaturing processes, and discusses permissible levels of impurities […]
The Federal Register (FR), in a pre-publication notice today (here), outlined the general process for the authorization and issuance of emergency use authorizations (EUAs) similar to the ones they have been issuing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The FDA is (as are other Agencies of the government) authorized to issue EUAs and are required to publish […]
Most of the diagnostic tests that are currently being marketed for detecting COVID-19 are subject to emergency use authorizations (EUAs). Today, the FDA published a listing of commercial manufacturers of serological tests who had previously provided notification to FDA under the policy outlined in Section IV.D of the Policy for Coronavirus Disease-2019 Tests but have […]
In a move that has me puzzled, the Government’s award of the contract to a company that does not appear on the FDA’s list of DMF holders, and is not found as a holder of any approved ANDA or NDA in the FDA’s Orange Book seems a bit strange. According to a FOX news story […]
Drs. Anthony Fauci (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH), Robert Redfield (Director, CDC), Stephen Hahn (Commissioner, FDA), and Brett Giroir (Assistant Secretary for Health, HHS) testified this morning before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Senator Lamar Alexander. The goal of the hearing is to identify what went […]
Although though we are in the grips of a pandemic and our attention is focused on the development of treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, manufacturing of drug products to treat other conditions is continuing, and GMPs must still be maintained. Sponsor companies continue to manufacture products and are still dependent upon products and services from […]
Looking over the daily COVID-19 updates from the FDA (here), I noticed that the OGD had approved “two generic drugs indicated to facilitate tracheal intubation and to provide skeletal muscle relaxation during surgery or mechanical ventilation: succinylcholine chloride injection USP 200 mg/10 mL and cisatracurium besylate injection USP 20 mg/10 mL.” Glad to see that […]
The FDA posted a Department of Justice press release discussing a temporary injunction against a Utah firm from selling and marketing silver products as a prevention and cure for the corona virus. The press release states “The Department of Justice will take swift action to protect consumers from those who would recklessly exploit this public […]
No, this is not an approval, but it is an emergency use authorization to use the antiviral Remdesivir for COVID 19 patients. The FDA issued this EUA on Friday, in record time, after positive results of the study involving Gilead’s drug. The EUA will remain in effect until the COVID 19 public health emergency is […]
