FDA recently launched a comprehensive listing of COVID-19 related guidance documents, which can be found here. Tracking all COVID 19 related documents can be daunting, as the content is being issued at a fast and furious rate, and this website will make that task a little less onerous. The list is filterable, sortable, and can […]
Propofol is an excellent anesthetic, relatively safe with a fast induction time and relatively quick recovery time. It is used in all types of surgical and non-surgical procedures (including intubation and time on a vent if the patient is in distress). With all the COVID 19 cases and the resultant hospitalizations and ICU stays, the […]
FDA released Revision 1 to its November 12, 2015 Manual of Policy and Procedures (MAPP) 5200.7 which contains “minor clarifications and formatting”, and added Attachment 2 – Work Guide for Prior Approval Supplements: Requirements for a Filing Review. Just a reminder that a MAPP is a document that provides a transparent view into how the […]
Today OGD provided partial information for the typical first reported March Metrics and updated its February 2020 metrics. Let’s start with the new March data. OGD reports 60 full approval actions and 17 tentative approval actions for a total of 77 approval actions for original applications in March, which is the highest number of total […]
On the Federal Register prepublication page (here), the FDA gives notice of the finalization of two guidance documents providing bioequivalence recommendations for two drug products that have received a lot of recent news attention, chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine sulfate. The two products have received attention because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the anecdotal reports of […]
How do companies keep up with the rapidly changing world of drug and device regulations? Some companies have entire departments dedicated to these efforts. Other companies have people doing it part-time, perhaps as an add-on to their primary jobs. Some companies may not pay attention at all. Lachman offers a solution to this. We develop […]
Remote work by the generic drug program staff did not seem to negatively impact the approval actions for ANDAs in March. The entire generic drug program staff was likely feeling the same (or even higher) anxiety that we are all feeling, with the stay at home orders in place. Speaking from experience, the coordination for […]
March 2020 has got to go down in the history books as one of the most disruptive months of the last forty-four years (that is how long I have been in the pharmaceutical arena). COVID-19 is running rampant across the country. Many states are in lockdown and social distancing seems to be the new norm. […]
As the coronavirus spreads around the globe, unfortunately so do cyber-criminal attacks. Cyber criminals see this as a golden opportunity to capitalize. Hackers leverage the panic, confusion, and misinformation to transmit malware, breach computer networks, set up malicious websites, and launch social engineering attacks. Early on in the coronavirus pandemic, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security […]
Another FDA Guidance entitled Policy for Certain REMS Requirements During the COVID19 Public Health Emergency (here) provides another look into the complexity of the questions and the situations that arise when we are in the throes of a public health emergency (PHE) and the interplay of existing FDA requirements in addressing urgent need during the […]
