The FDA has been walking a thin line on orphan drug exclusivity (ODE) ever since a September 30, 2021, ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a decision in Catalyst Pharms., Inc. v. Becerra (Catalyst), 14 F.4th 1299 (11th Cir. 2021). in the pre-publication of today’s Federal Register, the FDA […]
As the FDA notes, “Section 807 of the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 (FDARA) requires the FDA to report on certain abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) subject to priority review under section 505(j)(11) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act and certain ANDAs with a competitive generic therapy (CGT) designation under section 506H of the FD&C […]
Whether it be the supply chain, compliance issues, manufacturing issues, issues with packaging components, or just plain bad luck, the number of drug shortages continues to plague the pharmaceutical industry both domestically and overseas. The FDA current shortage list (here) contains 191 entries and, of that number, only 66 have been resolved, leaving 125 drug […]
Well, as we predicted in an earlier post in December (here), it was postulated that the month would not be a great month for approval actions. However, OGD did issue 25 approval actions in the last nine business days of December and ended the month unofficially with 52 full approval actions and 7 tentative approval […]
It’s that time of the year again. We max out our credit cards, drink eggnog, bake cookies, revel with family and friends, and look back on the year that just passed. We hope you had a great year, and hope that the holiday season provides warmth and good tidings to all and the New Year […]
Taking a look at the unofficial approval information on the FDA website through December 16th, we found only twenty‑five ANDAs receiving full‑approval actions and six receiving tentative‑approval actions. That is a total of (obviously) thirty‑one approval actions. Given that number, if the OGD could double its approval output by the end of the month, that would […]
Well, the new statistics started rolling off the assembly line last night and appear in a new report that combines the generics monthly statistical report and the Quarterly Report. The new name of the report, which we discussed in a blog post (here), is the Generic Drugs Program Monthly and Quarterly Activities Report. We will […]
The FDA has revised the guidance, originally issued in July 2022, titled Failure to Respond to an ANDA Complete Response Letter Within the Regulatory Timeframe (here) to include additional information as required relative to the performance goals outlined in the commitment letter for GDUFA III. While there aren’t many changes in the revision, it is certainly […]
Twice a year, the FDA publishes an update of the List of Off‑Patent, Off‑Exclusivity Drugs without an Approved Generic (see here). This list is designed to generate interest from the industry in increasing competition among such products. It is made up of two parts. Part I is for drugs for which the path to approval is […]
I usually don’t blog about Federal Register (FR) notices on collections of information as they are usually not that exciting and typically just announce the Agency’s collection of certain information as is an OMB requirement under the Paperwork Reductions Act of 1995 (as an aside, there sure does seem to be a lot of paperwork […]
