FDA published a conversation piece on narrow therapeutic index drugs entitled, “Setting and Implementing Standards for Narrow Therapeutic Index Drugs” (here ) to better inform health care professionals (HCP), patients, and other consumers regarding the use of and how the FDA treats narrow therapeutic index (NTI) drugs. Let’s look at what an NTI drug is […]
Is your firm preparing for the wave of AI regulations, laws, white papers, and regulatory guidances? As reported in a previous Lachman blog, EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act: Impact on Pharma and MedTech, laws are emerging, but can companies keep up with the pace? Last year, the EU did what the U.S. has not been […]
First, please be aware that many of the numbers you may have seen reported in our blog posts for various OGD actions were reported for Fiscal Year 2023, which ran from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The Office of Generic Drugs 2023 Annual Report (here) is a bit different as it reports OGD actions from […]
Today, the OGD published a list of 29 new Product-Specific Guidances (PSGs) and 33 revisions to existing PSGs, all of which have been added since February 15, 2024. The listing can be found here. This publication is different than the one we wrote about in another blog today regarding the FDA’s plans for issuance of new […]
Today, the FDA published a list titled Upcoming Product-Specific Guidances for Generic Drug Product Development, which can be found here and has two sections: Planned New PSGs for Complex and Non-Complex Generic Drug Products (Updated February 15, 2024) Planned Revised PSGs for Complex and Non-Complex Generic Drug Products (Updated February 15, 2024) Section 1 contains a list […]
This morning, when I read a Decision and Order issued by the United States Court of Federal Claims regarding a motion that was granted in part, denied in part, and filed on behalf of a pharmaceutical company and the FDA, the hair on the back of my neck stood on end. Now, I must state […]
The FDA’s action is being taken to address a safety issue associated with the need to reformulate drug products that contain carbomers manufactured with benzene. The goal is to expedite and provide a clear and less burdensome path than might otherwise be required under the applicable Scale Up and Post Approval Changes (SUPAC) guidances for […]
In an alert yesterday from the FDA (here), the Agency indicated that it was changing the TE code of Accord Healthcare’s product (ANDA 091195) from AB (substitutable) to BX (“not sufficient information to demonstrate that Accord Healthcare Inc.’s tacrolimus oral capsules provide the same therapeutic effect as Prograf (tacrolimus) oral capsules”). Tacrolimus is used for […]
In the generic drug business, most times it is best to be first! This means trying to be first in development, submission, and (of course) approval. But, in order to have a chance of being first, you must know what to do, and that is especially true of knowing what the bioequivalence (BE) requirements are. […]
A Citizen Petition submitted recently by McDermott Will & Emory (here) on behalf of Vanda Pharmaceuticals requests that the FDA “revoke approval of Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) No. 211654, submitted by MSN Pharmaceuticals Inc. (MSN), for 20 mg tasimelteon capsules, and order a recall of any product that has been distributed under ANDA No. 211654 (if any) […]
