Ozempic (semaglutide) is advertised on TV quite a bit. The jingle (identified in the title to this post) kind of sticks in your head. Ozempic is approved “for adults with type 2 diabetes used along with diet and exercise to improve blood sugar and lower A1C. It also lowers the risk of major cardiovascular (CV) events […]
With ANDA reporting through January 21, 2022, the OGD has issued thirty full‑approval actions and eight tentative‑approval actions for a total of thirty‑eight approval actions issued so far this month. With only six more reporting days remaining, these unofficial numbers, gathered from the FDA All Approvals list here, it looks like the total approval actions […]
The Activities Report of the Generic Drugs Program | GDUFA II Quarterly Performance for the first quarter of FY 2022 (here) has both good news and bad news. The proverbial question is, which one do you want first? At this juncture, I might also point out that some of the data is also difficult to […]
This morning, Sara W. Koblitz of Hyman, Phelps & McNamara posted a blog titled “Is The Skinny Label Back From the Dead?” (here) that suggests there may be hope for the skinny label after all. The blog details the GSK v. Teva decision and the potential dire implications for the skinny label. She also outlines […]
The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) approved 50 novel therapies in 2021 which are described in a recently released 26-page report (here) that discusses in some detail the 50 novel products and their bearing on treatment for patients. The report discusses the mechanistic pathway for approval and provides a list of all the […]
According to Zachary Brennan of Endpoints News (see here), the FDA announced yesterday that it will hit the pause button again on upcoming routine domestic inspections due to the COVID-19 Omicron variant’s rapid spread. The initial pause will be for two weeks, but, depending on the state of knowledge about the status of the Omicron […]
December of FY 2021 sure didn’t break any records as the OGD managed to eke out only 34 full‑approval actions and 13 tentative‑approval actions. We would have to go all the way back to February 2018 to find a lower full‑approvals total for a month, and the total for that month was 32. The tentative‑approval […]
The IPledge Risk Evaluation and Mitigation (REMS) program was designed to address the significant potential for serious birth defects should a pregnancy occur during treatment with the drug isotretinoin which is used to treat acne. The program covers both males and females, since isotretinoin can be passed through the semen of males if the male […]
In a move not often seen, a Citizen Petition was submitted asking the FDA to make a determination that certain Alcohol and Dextrose injection products were not withdrawn for safety or efficacy (S&E) reasons; In a Federal Register notice (here), the Agency took the opposing view and stated that all Alcohol and Dextrose injection products […]
FDA and industry have long wrestled with appropriate dissolution methodology for injectable suspension products. Investigations into the relevance of the dissolution methods utilized has shown wide variation in in vivo results despite consistent in vitro performance. As FDA notes in a recent article (here) on the new potential improved method developed to address “gaps between […]
