I read four articles this morning that blamed high generic and brand name prices on everything from the confusion between list price and transactional pricing (here), to too much drug regulation (here), to PBMs and to the lack of negotiations between Medicaid and drug companies (here and here). I am sure that there are many […]
With the holidays, vacations and the partial government shutdown, OGD did not do too badly, with total approval actions of 82 and still a workday to go (and there are always those pesky approvals or tentative approvals that show up after the final bell). This looks to be one of those “down months” that Cook […]
Linaclotide capsules are “minimally absorbed with negligible systemic availability following oral administration. Concentrations of linaclotide and its active metabolite in plasma are below the limit of quantitation after oral doses of 145 mcg or 290 mcg were administered. Therefore, standard pharmacokinetic parameters such as area under the curve (AUC), maximum concentration (Cmax), and half-life (t½) […]
To all of our readers – Have a happy holiday season and a very happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year. The Lachman blog will be taking a break over the holiday starting Friday, December 21st (unless something extremely urgent occurs) and I hope that all of you will rejoin me in the New Year as […]
It appears that 128 is the magic number for the OGD as last month they also had 128 approval actions. November numbers saw a different split between full approvals and tentative approvals (99 and 29, respectively). The 128 total approval actions obviously ties last month record number of approval actions for a single month. Of […]
After just over five years, the FDA is officially withdrawing its controversial proposed labeling rule for generic drugs. The advance publication notice in the Federal Register can be found (here). The proposed rule would have permitted ANDA holders to unilaterally revise its labeling via a CBE-0 supplement to include new or different safety information or […]
Dr. Kathleen (Cook) Uhl said there would be good months and not-so-good months. Well, although the official numbers for November are not yet posted, it looks like OGD will have another good month. Not a record breaker, but close, unless there are at least 4 more not yet reported approval actions lurking somewhere in the […]
The Office of Generic Drugs has issued a guidance titled “Post-Complete Response Letter Meetings Between FDA and ANDA Applicants Under GDUFA” (here) that addresses OGD expectations, procedures for obtaining such meetings, and timeline for scheduling and having the meetings. As the FDA notes in the guidance: “FDA will only grant post-CRL meeting requests that pose […]
While we are thankful for the FDA’s work on issuing bioequivalence guidance documents, we worry about the impact of the constant and sometimes significant revisions to previously issued draft or final bioequivalence guidance recommendations on the review and approval process. It seems that we are not alone! In remarks made at the November 27th FDA […]
With 5 business days and 6 reporting days until December 1st, OGD already has booked 79 full approval and 23 tentative approval for a total of 102 approval actions so far in November. This could be good news, as a trend towards more record numbers of approvals is now evident. We have had two consecutive […]
