Earlier last week, the U.S. FDA released its final guidance document, “Bioanalytical Method Validation.” This is great news as the bioanalytical industry has been waiting for the draft guidance (issued September 2013) to be finalized. For all bioanalytical laboratories that were following the previously issued final guidance, “Bioanalytical Method Validation” issued in May 2001, or the […]
A long time ago, I was an expert witness in a pay-for-delay (reverse payment) case where, to me, the facts were clear. The patent settlement meant that the generic product would be assured entry into the market 5 years before the patent expired (can you guess what case that was?). In that case, I thought […]
The FDA is urging manufacturers to stop marketing oral OTC benzocaine products for teething and infants and children younger than 2 years of age. FDA also warns this is not just a problem with younger age groups. The product (which is both available for teething and oral spray product for adults) can trigger methemoglobinemia shortly […]
The FDA has revised and finalized its previously issued (2011) Enforcement Policy OTC Sunscreen Drug Products Marketed Without an Approved Application Guidance for Industry. FDA notes that “this guidance applies to OTC sunscreen products marketed without approved applications and describes FDA’s approach to enforcement for these products until a final OTC sunscreen monograph becomes effective.” […]
Since the 1938 United States Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act was put in place, legal requirements have existed mandating the integrity of the manufacturing and laboratory data supporting product quality and ensuring patient safety. However, only within the last 10 years has the topic of data integrity been widely discussed and numerous guidance documents (draft […]
Today, the FDA published a list of innovator companies for which FDA has received requests from generic sponsors to request that the Agency intercede in obtaining samples so the generic applicant can conduct the necessary bioequivalence (BE) testing to support ANDA approval. The FDA has taken this extraordinary approach to provide greater transparency regarding this […]
Since its appearance in August 2007, the Guidance for Industry, ICH Q7A Good Manufacturing Practice Guidance for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients has stood the test of time in providing clear and practical guidance to the pharmaceutical industry, as described in the guidance’s original objective, “provide guidance regarding good manufacturing practice (GMP) for the manufacturing of active […]
OGD topped the initial projection of both approvals and tentative approvals from my May 2 post (here) hitting 66 full approvals (predicted 62), and 16 tentative approvals (at the time there were only 9) for a total of 82 approval actions. This is good news for the generic industry, as it appears that each month […]
Having attended several conferences where the topic of DSCSA has been discussed, and listening to leading vendors (those that provide both hardware and software) opining on how the industry is behind the eight ball in obtaining equipment and full integration, and validation due to long lead times with the number of vendors available, it appeared […]
The Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) filled in the remaining data boxes in the March Activities Report of the Generic Drugs Program (FY 2018) Monthly Performance (here) and there are some very interesting numbers to point out. Of the 9 refuse-to-receive (RTR) actions OGD issued last month, 6 were for GDUFA II priority applications, 1 […]
