Of the many benefits that have come from the Generic Drug User Fee Act (GDUFA) over the years, one has been the addition of response times for the FDA to answer Controlled Correspondences (CCs) that were first negotiated under GDUFA II. The Agency issued an FDA CC guidance, which was finalized in December 2020. Having a […]
As U.S. consumers are facing critical drug shortages, leading Congress to question the FDA’s foreign inspection program, particularly for products with supply chains from India and China, the oversight of CGMP inspections is high on the Agency’s radar. With approximately 32% of generic drugs and 45% of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) from these two countries, […]
Well summertime and its usual vacation schedule has not put a damper on ANDA approval actions and thus, I am happy to report that posting through August 16th reveal that OGD has issued 41 full approval actions and 7 tentative approval actions. If this pace keeps up for the rest of August, this will be […]
Many of our blog readers have likely encountered moving goal dates for their ANDAs since October 1, 2022 and the beginning of GDUFA III. The GDUFA III Commitment Letter, available here, included several new enhancements to the generic drug user fee program as each iteration of the program has continued to do. The changes made to promote transparency […]
On August 8, 2023, Axios reported (here) that the Pentagon began contracting with Valisure, a drug testing facility, to test the generic drugs that it is purchasing. On August 9, 2023, Bloomberg reported much the same thing in an article titled “Tainted Medicine Fears Spur Pentagon to Seek Outside Testing” (here; subscription required). Congress has been pushing […]
According to currently published figures as of July 6, 2023, OGD has issued 68 full approval actions and 15 tentative approval actions for a total 83 total approval actions for the month. The 68 full approval actions represent the third highest number per month for the 10 months of FY 2023 and the 83 total […]
Unless you’ve been living under a (pharmaceutical) rock, you are aware of the struggle that both FDA and industry are having with Nitrosamines impurities in pharmaceutical products. As a reminder, APIs are at risk of forming nitrosamine drug substance-related impurities (NDSRIs) when they contain secondary amines or dimethyl tertiary amines. We have published many blogs […]
The statistical report (here) provides full official statistics through the third quarter Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. There is some good news when looking at mean and median approval time that we will discuss later. But for now, let’s look at some of the more important FDA approval actions for June 2023. OGD approved 76 new […]
On the Federal Register (FR) prepublication page today, the FDA outlined the new fee schedule for generic drugs under the GDUFA program for FY 2024. Make sure you have a bottle of Maalox nearby before you read the rest of this blog as the increases, especially for the program fees, might cause you some agita. Generic […]
With the latest news that a tornado severely damaged a Pfizer sterile injectable plant in North Carolina, it is clear that Mother Nature is yet another interloper into the drug shortage problem in the United States. Ed Silverman, of the publication STAT, reports that “Among the damaged buildings was a Pfizer plant in Rocky Mount, […]
