Working in the pharmaceutical industry, you can sometimes hear science and compliance talked about as if they are separate and unrelated. Two examples of what can be heard: “Oh well, that is more of a compliance risk than a scientific concern.” “You need to consider the compliance aspect of that change and then the scientific […]
Today, the FDA released a final guidance titled Product-Specific Guidance Meetings Between FDA and ANDA Applicants Under GDUFA (here). Wading through the 26-page document is a bit of a chore, but there is a lot of useful information that will provide applicants with advice on what to do, when to do it, and how to […]
Today, the FDA issued twenty-six new and six revised Product Specific Guidances (PSGs) (here). PSGs provide the Agency’s current thinking on acceptable methods for demonstrating bioequivalence between the Reference Listed Drug or the Reference Standard designated by the Agency (if the RLD is no longer available) and the proposed generic product. These latest PSG additions […]
At the Center for Drug Evaluation & Research (CDER) Small Business Industry Assistance (SBIA) meeting held on April 25th, titled “Facilitating Generic Product Availability Through Product-Specific Guidances (PSGs) for 2024,” the FDA presented some updates regarding the FDA Dissolution Database. Dr. Leah Falade, Senior Pharmacologist in the Office of Pharmaceutical Quality, CDER, was the presenter in Session 6. […]
The FDA recently hosted a webinar focused on the facilitation of generic drug product development through Product Specific Guidances, also known as PSGs. The CDER Small Business & Industry Assistance (SBIA) held a webinar titled Facilitating Generic Product Availability Through Product-Specific Guidances (PSGS) for 2024 on April 25th. The slides and recordings will soon be posted […]
Although the pilot program for Parallel Scientific Advice (PSA) meetings with U.S. and the EMA for complex generics and hybrid products is relatively new, there have been only two requests for meeting participation thus far. According to the FDA, “The Parallel Scientific Advice (PSA) pilot program allows for applicants to engage in concurrent scientific conversation […]
What is the answer to the question? Apparently, at the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) Small Business Industry Assistance (SBIA) Generic Drug Forum for 2024 (held April 10-11), it was Controlled Correspondence (CC). The FDA conducted two presentations exclusively on CCs and responded with that answer on more questions than not throughout […]
Today, the FDA published a Product Specific Guidance (PSG) with recommendations for establishing bioequivalence of oxymetazoline hydrochloride ophthalmic solution (here). As we have all recognized through the publication of numerous other PGSs over the last five years, the Agency is moving to BE waivers to establish sameness of the product as well as meet the […]
The number of reserve samples required by current regulations has been a sore subject for both NDA and ANDA sponsors as well as testing facilities as the cost and storage requirements for the required reserve samples of both test and reference product was overly burdensome. Now, after twenty years of concern expressed by the industry, […]
The FDA has been working with the Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee (PCAC) since the year 2000 to develop a list of drug products that present demonstrable difficulties for compounding. Concerns relative to bioavailability, variations in batch-to-batch consistency, and dosage-form release characteristics that could present significant safety (or other) issues are outlined in and provide a […]
