In a rush to get serology tests out for public testing, it appears that the FDA hopped, skipped, and jumped a bit too far by not first requiring at a minimum, review of the tests and the validation of the tests through an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) prior to them going on the market. There […]
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 […]
Lachman Consultants recognizes the urgency of supporting the COVID-19 response efforts. Companies may be adding additional personnel or expanding manufacturing resources to aid in producing life-saving medical equipment and supplies. While COVID-19 is requiring non-essential personnel to stay home and stay safe, these teams are at the forefront. We want to assure you that Lachman […]
The FDA announcement (here) of its activities involved in expediting diagnostic tests for the Corona Virus (COVID 19) explains the actions that FDA has taken in response to this public health emergency. “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been providing unprecedented flexibility to labs and manufacturers to develop and offer COVID-19 tests across the […]
Three of FDA’s Centers (CDER, CBER, and CDRH) recently published a combined draft guidance for Industry entitled Bridging for Drug-Device and Biologic-Device Combination Products (here). This draft guidance provides the FDA’s current thinking on what manufacturers should consider when they wish to bridge the data from one such combination product to another combination product during […]
Just look around, watch the television, read the newspaper, and what do you see? Seems like very few reasons to be thankful. School and workplace shootings, the political scene is as nasty as I ever remember in my 70 years on earth. Climate change is threatening the future of our children, and the environmental controls […]
The FDA released a final Q&A document titled “Identification of Manufacturing Establishments in Applications Submitted to CBER and CDER: Questions and Answers” that provides answers to some of the most frequently asked and problematic questions raised by incomplete manufacturing, testing, packaging, etc. The document provides specific guidance on what, where, and how to list such […]
In a short Warning Letter issued by the FDA on August 29, 2019, the Agency informed a China-based testing firm that, because it refused inspection, that FDA would withhold approvals of any ANDA or NDA in which it was cited as a testing laboratory. The FDA takes refusal of inspection very seriously and the impact […]