The FDA has received numerous questions “about whether entities engaged in various types of activities (e.g., a facility that is compounding only non-sterile drugs or only repackaging biological products) should register as an outsourcing facility.” Firms are still confused about whether they qualify to register and this new document entitled, Guidance for Entities Considering Whether […]
Imagine an industry where approximately 40% of firms inspected receive Warning Letters and nearly 100% receive substantial FDA Form 483 observations. Publically available information indicates that the FDA has issued 19 Warning Letters to compounding Pharmacies just in 2015 and 41 and counting to date in the last two and a half years. There have […]
Last week, the FDA released a Guidance entitled Analytical Procedures and Method Validations for Drugs and Biologics (here) which replaces the 2000 Draft Guidance document “Analytical Procedures and Method Validation” and the 1987 Guidance document “Guidelines for Submitting Samples and Analytical Data for Methods Validation”. The new Guidance covers the required information relating to […]
The new GDUFA fees for 2016 were published today in the Federal Register (here) and there were some real surprises. For instance, the ANDA fee (that we thought was going to decrease given the fact that 2014 saw a record 1465 ANDAs submitted) soared and apparently FDA is justifying that the fee increase is due […]
Today, the FDA released its draft Guidance entitled, “Request for Quality Metrics.” The document outlines the FDA’s thinking on the use of quality metrics data “to help develop compliance and inspection policies and practices, such as risk-based inspection scheduling of drug manufacturers; to improve the Agency’s ability to predict, and therefore, possibly mitigate, future drug shortages; and to encourage the pharmaceutical industry to implement state-of-the-art, innovative quality management systems for pharmaceutical manufacturing.”
In a Federal Register Notice today, the FDA announced the termination of permanent debarment of David Brancato. David was one of the original FDA staff members implicated in the Generic Drug scandal. He was originally debarred on January 6, 1994. Special termination of debarment can occur when there is a determination that an individual substantially […]
There are numerous FDA-approved combination cough syrups on the market. In addition, Codeine with Guaifenesin is an OTC monograph product that can be sold without prescription in many states. The use of these products in pediatric patients (under 18 years of age) can cause breathing and respiratory problems.
For years, FDA has been indicating that it was planning to take enforcement action against certain marketed unapproved prescription and OTC ear drops, but, yesterday, the final shoe dropped on the marketing of such products, as FDA published its intent to take enforcement action against these products in a Federal Register notice (here). The FDA […]
FDA first released its guidance on Controlled Correspondence Related to Generic Drug Development in August 2014. We previously blogged about this guidance (here). In today’s Federal Register notices, FDA provided its response to comments received on the Guidance document.
The buzz about abuse-deterrent opioids (no pun intended) in some camps seems to view these products as a panacea for the prescription drug abuse problem. In my view, that is far from the reality of the problem and clearly miles from the solution.
