Based on a Federal Register (FR) notice issued in December 2023 (here), the FDA has determined that ciprofloxacin 100 mg tablets taken in a three-day regimen to treat uncomplicated urinary tract infections are ineffective based on resistance developed over time to E. coli, the primary causative agent for uncomplicated UTIs (see previous post here). Since that time, […]
It seems that the pace of approvals in July 2024 slowed and, as a result, our mid-month estimate of possibly hitting 90 approvals was dashed by a late-month drop in approval actions. The OGD did, however, unofficially issue 63 full-approval actions and 12 tentative-approval actions for a total of 75. (As a reminder, at mid-month, the OGD had […]
While the fees for outsourcing facilities all went up this year, at least the increases in these fees won’t break the bank (at least not yet). These fees represent the inspection fees associated with outsourcing facilities (better known as compounding facilities) under section 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. They are designed […]
The FDA has published its Medical Device User Fees for FY 2025 (here) and the reason there are no surprises is that the fees all went up. The new fees are effective on October 1, 2024. The Federal Register Notice (FR) “provides information on how the fees for FY 2025 were determined, the payment procedures you should follow, […]
The Biosimilar User Fee Program has announced the new FY 2025 fee schedule in the pre-publication of the Federal Register Notice (here). The base fee amount for the BsUFA program for FY 2025 is $51,058,823, which is adjusted for inflation (this year is calculated at 4.1881%); along with factoring in other required estimated expenses, this results in […]
Yesterday’s pre-publication Federal Register Notice (here) announced the Prescription Drug User Fees Act (PDUFA) program fees to be charged to fee-paying new drug applications for FY 2025. As you will note from the chart below, the application fees increased, but the program fee decreased. It is interesting that the magnitude of the application fee increases were […]
The FDA announced the Animal Drug User Fees (here) as well as the Animal Generic Drug User Fees (here). Unlike the Animal Drug User Fees for FY 2025, which are all are decreasing, the Animal Generic Drug User Fees are all increasing for FY 2025 with exception of the Generic New Animal Drug Product Fee, […]
The new Generic Drug User Fees for FY 2025 have been published (see Federal Register Notice here) and, with ANDA submission rates dipping, fees for submission of new ANDAs are soaring. The individual ANDA submission fee will be going up by $69,467 next year. Remember that October 1st (the beginning of FY 2025) is right around the […]
Dealing with different product requirements is often difficult, especially when the regulation office or center may differ as well. Over the years, individual post-approval change requirements have been scattered in documents from different centers and, if you have a good enough memory, then maybe you picked the right reporting requirement based on the product and […]
The Office of Generic Drugs updated its list of the Competitive Generic Therapy (CGT) designation products that have been approved to date (here). There have been 312 products granted this designation since the start of the program, with the first application approved to gain CGT 180-day exclusivity under 506H of the Federal Food, Drug, and […]
