Obviously, we have waited longer for the official monthly statistics in FY 2023 than in previous years. In addition, in prior years, OGD published the approval actions, receipt of new ANDAs and complete response letters prior to releasing the full set of statistics. However, it looks like there will be no early view of these […]
Whether it be the supply chain, compliance issues, manufacturing issues, issues with packaging components, or just plain bad luck, the number of drug shortages continues to plague the pharmaceutical industry both domestically and overseas. The FDA current shortage list (here) contains 191 entries and, of that number, only 66 have been resolved, leaving 125 drug […]
Well, as we predicted in an earlier post in December (here), it was postulated that the month would not be a great month for approval actions. However, OGD did issue 25 approval actions in the last nine business days of December and ended the month unofficially with 52 full approval actions and 7 tentative approval […]
Taking a look at the unofficial approval information on the FDA website through December 16th, we found only twenty‑five ANDAs receiving full‑approval actions and six receiving tentative‑approval actions. That is a total of (obviously) thirty‑one approval actions. Given that number, if the OGD could double its approval output by the end of the month, that would […]
Well, the new statistics started rolling off the assembly line last night and appear in a new report that combines the generics monthly statistical report and the Quarterly Report. The new name of the report, which we discussed in a blog post (here), is the Generic Drugs Program Monthly and Quarterly Activities Report. We will […]
The FDA has revised the guidance, originally issued in July 2022, titled Failure to Respond to an ANDA Complete Response Letter Within the Regulatory Timeframe (here) to include additional information as required relative to the performance goals outlined in the commitment letter for GDUFA III. While there aren’t many changes in the revision, it is certainly […]
Well, here we are at the conclusion of the second month of FY 2023 and we can still only report unofficial approval numbers. At least we know the reason why (see previous post here), but it’s very important to continue to track these metrics as approvals are the lifeblood of the generic pharmaceutical industry. We […]
The FDA is usually pretty consistent with the timing of their publication of official OGD metrics, especially when it comes to the publication of the Generic Drugs Program Activities Report – Monthly Performance. The first month of official stats has not yet been available and it is almost December. I was curious about the delay, […]
As of November 16, 2022, the OGD has published the issuance of thirty‑three full‑approval actions and four tentative‑approval actions. With Thanksgiving around the corner and the predictable number of staff off on PTO, the back‑end of November might not be as productive as the first half. We will keep an eye out and post an […]
At the AAM GRx+Biosims meeting last week in North Bethesda, Maryland, Ted Sherwood, Director of the Office of Regulatory Operations, Office of Generic Drugs, indicated that the negotiations for GDUFA III had led to a number of program enhancements in the generic drug review and approval processes. He outlined a number of these changes from GDUFA II […]
