The DIA Complex Drug-Device Combination Workshop was held at Sheraton Silver Spring on October 9‑10, 2018. The second day’s discussion was dominated by issues related to transdermal systems and intrauterine devices. The presenters on the second day were mostly from the FDA, with a few from academia and CROs. The FDA presenters focused on quality expectations […]
The Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) posted its official numbers for approval actions, receipts and complete response letters in the last hour. The figures, from the Activities Report of the Generic Drugs Program (FY 2018) Monthly Performance (here) show that OGD broke the old record of 763 approvals achieved in FY 2017 by 18 ANDAs, […]
The DIA Complex Drug-Device Combination Workshop is being held at the Sheraton Silver Spring during October 9‑10, 2018. The first day of the conference dealt with the regulatory aspects of the generic submissions for these kinds of products, and discussions on clinical aspects related to complex generics, with a focus on inhalation products. The meeting was […]
A quick survey of recent FDA Form 483s shows that firms are struggling to meet FDA expectations for timeliness of stability testing. During the last twelve months, the FDA has issued at least sixteen Form 483s for observations related to the timeliness of stability sample testing. Neither the current guidance ICH Q1A(R2) “Stability Testing of New […]
OGD updated its Activities Report of the Generic Drugs Program (FY 2018) Monthly Performance (here) on Wednesday, giving us a look at some additional metrics for the month of August. For all the talk of Refuse-to-Receive (RTR) actions, OGD issued only seven (7) in August. Four (4) were for standard ANDAs and three (3) were for […]
On October 1, 2018, the FDA opened a portal (here) that permits firms to submit Controlled Correspondence (CCs) directly and electronically to the FDA. The process is further explained here, including how to register for use of the portal. This could help speed CCs to the Agency, but it is the problem with what happens […]
It is understandable that during an investigation the initial focus is determining the cause along with the associated impact assessment and the identification and implementation of a corrective action. However, what can get overlooked during the investigation process is the importance of trending. This is a key component of root cause confirmation, assessing the appropriateness […]
Despite a slow start to FY 2018 due, in most part, to the elemental impurities issue, the Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) has broken the FY record for number of approvals. We are not quite sure by how much just yet because the numbers can continue to roll in over the next few days, but […]
On Thursday (September 20th), the FDA held a meeting of the Pharmaceutical Science and Clinical Pharmacology Advisory Committee to discuss the Agency’s plans for implementation of the Knowledge‑aided Assessment and Structured Application program (KASA). The FDA presented to the Advisory Committee two primary goals of the KASA program. On the one hand, it is intended […]
The FDA has updated and finalized its guidance “ANDA Submissions – Content and Format” (here). The 38-page document goes into even more detail than the previous drafts and provides expanded explanations for certain sections and requirements for documents. There is advice for each eCTD section and even an expanded Cover Sheet format suggested in Appendix […]
