In another flurry of guidance issuances, FDA has provided (what I thought would be) a really good read. I was hoping that the long-awaited Guidance for Industry: Determining Whether to Submit an ANDA or a 505(b)(2) Application (here) would have some new insight into choosing which regulatory submission path to follow; however, while being a […]
I disagree with FDA – how many times have you said that, but did not act because, 1) you did not know who to call, or 2) you just did not know the process? Under the GDUFA II program, there is actually a provision for reconsideration outlined in the GDUFA II Goal Letter (and if […]
The Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) has long taken the position that calls from multiple industry representatives about the same application to different OGD review staff or senior staff do nothing but waste the time of OGD. This is definitely accurate; however, those multiple calls in the past were made because information was difficult (if […]
The FDA posted its final approvals and receipts numbers for FY 2017 today. We thought there might be a blip in receipts due to firms trying to beat the GDUFA II fee clock which took effect on October 1, 2017, and we were right. OGD received a whopping 202 ANDAs in September. This was not […]
The reauthorization of the Generic Drug User Fee Act GDUFA, which takes effect on October 1, 2017 and commences GDUFA II, has many significant changes relative to goal dates for ANDAs, amendments to ANDAs, and amendments to prior approval supplements. The system for classifying the goal dates has been simplified from a tiered system under […]
OGD has released a new Q&A document relative to refuse-to-receive issues. I must be quite frank, there were some questions and their answers of which I was not aware. Everyone submitting an ANDA should thoroughly review this draft guidance and assure that your ANDA conforms to all of the conditions specified in the document prior […]
After years of internal FDA debate, the FDA issued a guidance yesterday which was designed to assist an ANDA applicant in “determining when an application for a synthetic peptide drug product (synthetic peptide) that refers to a previously approved peptide drug product of recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (rDNA) origin (peptide of rDNA origin) should be submitted […]
Don’t need to get out your GPS because MaPP 5220.3 will help you understand how OGD plans to navigate the filing review to communicate major and minor deficiencies to the applicant in an information request (IR). If the minor deficiencies can be resolved within a 7-day period, then your ANDA has the chance to be […]
The voucher program for rare pediatric diseases and tropical diseases was established to encourage firms to develop drug products for both of these categories. The voucher is awarded when such an NDA is approved, and that voucher can be used on another NDA by the same company or transferred (sold) to a third party to […]
OGD updated its Activities Report of the Generic Drug Program on Tuesday and there are not a lot of surprises to the updated numbers (we reported on the approvals, complete response letters, and receipts for August here. Really the only things of interest appear to be the number of CBE supplements, which popped back up […]
