The Lachman Blog

The Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) broke its old post-GDUFA approvals record of 57 by one, issuing 58 full approvals in August 2015. OGD issued 6 Tentative Approvals in the month for a total of 64 approval actions on ANDAs for the month. This is good news for OGD in a time of continued scrutiny by industry relative to its approval productivity. Quite interestingly, the number of new ANDA receipts for the month was only 32, the third lowest for this fiscal year, and gives OGD only its second month (and second month in a row) where approvals exceeded receipts this fiscal year.

Of the 47 ANDAs approved in July 2015, there were 9 first-time approved generic products. These represent the first time that the generic product was made available in the marketplace and demonstrates the Office of Generic Drug’s (OGD) commitment to getting first generics into the marketplace at the first available date.

The day after we reported on ANDA receipts, Approvals and Tentative Approvals, the Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) updated and revised its Activities Report of the Generic Drug Program for FY 2015. The update was through June but, again, not all data fields were updated.

The Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) fully approved 47 ANDAs and Tentatively Approved 12 ANDAs for a total of 59 approval actions.  While the number of full approvals falls below last month’s GDUFA high of 57, nevertheless, it represents an above average month for approvals for OGD. The number of receipts in July was 40, […]