In the generic drug business, most times it is best to be first! This means trying to be first in development, submission, and (of course) approval. But, in order to have a chance of being first, you must know what to do, and that is especially true of knowing what the bioequivalence (BE) requirements are. […]
In the post that was published yesterday (here) regarding the statistics for the first six (6) months of FY 2023, I promised to provide some OGD trends. And I failed to deliver. I guess when the pedal is pushed down too hard, and you are going too fast you get to the next intersection before […]
Do you have an ANDA, supplement, or controlled correspondence in at FDA awaiting resolution of a nitrosamine impurity issue? Has it been months overdue? You are not alone. OGD has been silent on those submissions as they navigate the widely expanding nitrosamine issue. My first thought is what happened since 1984, when Hatch-Waxman was first […]
It seems unbelievable that we are now halfway through FY 2023 already. (Well, the stats are halfway through the year, even though we are in month eight (8) of the FY). Time really DOES go fast when you are having fun! And now with six (6) months of data, we can provide some trends and […]
This is the second edition of the “Did You Know?” series featuring some of the lesser known (or at least widely known) aspects of the GDUFA III program changes and the impact on the generic drug industry. Today we will focus on elements of Pre-ANDA Development Program. GDUFA III has opened the door for additional […]
The CDER Small Business and Industry Assistance (SBIA) presented a two-day seminar on April 12-13, 2023, celebrating the first 10 years of GDUFA. With the Office of Generic Drugs and industry now operating under the third iteration of GDUFA, the presentations by FDA Agency covered a lot of ground in an effort to highlight the […]
With half of April in the books, the number of OGD approval actions posted as of April 14th includes twenty‑seven full‑approval actions and four tentative‑approval actions for a total of thirty‑one approval actions. It looks like the OGD is heading towards an average approval month for April. Average definitely isn’t a bad thing, especially since […]
Those of us that have been in the trenches since the passage of Hatch-Waxman have seen the issue of adhesion and sensitization studies for transdermal delivery systems (TDS) change dramatically. Well, there are now two new guidance documents that take us to the next step in recommended adhesion and irritation/sensitizations (I/S) testing revisions. First is […]
Those of us in the industry are usually reasonably technically savvy and can understand some of the more complex guidance documents that the FDA issues. However, there are times that even those among us in the industry, depending on our individual academic tracks and professional experiences, whether regulatory, CMC, bioanalytical, pharmacokinetics, medical, and on and […]
March 2023 was an outstanding month for approval actions, with OGD unofficially issuing 123 total approval actions comprised of 95 full approval actions and 18 tentative approval actions. There were other months with 100 or more total approval actions, but we have not seen that level of approval productivity in a while. The record of […]
