Covering a multitude of subjects, the Agency published eight new guidance documents ranging from the ICH M9 BCS classification system to a Q&A document on qualified infectious disease designations. Here is a list of the eight guidance documents. M9 Biopharmaceutics Classification System-Based Biowaivers (here) E9(R1) Statistical Principles for Clinical Trials: Addendum: Estimands and Sensitivity Analysis […]
The Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) provided the final set of metrics to complete the March 2021. While many of the numbers are consistent with other months of this FY, there are a couple of surprise figures which we will cover, and will provide our commentary in an effort to try to explain them. There […]
While there still may be a few more stragglers that have not yet hit the FDA’s “All Approvals List” as of May 6, 2021 (here), we will catch them when the OGD releases its official numbers for April sometime in the next two weeks. The total for full- and tentative-approval actions reported was 71 which, if […]
The ANDA suitability petition process has been languishing for years. Over the years, we have drafted many posts (here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here, among others) regarding the FDA’s failing to act on what is a statutorily mandated ninety-day time period for approving or denying an ANDA suitability petition. Today, I read […]
Do you ever wonder why the minutes of the PDUFA and GDUFA user-fee negotiation sessions are so scant? Minutes of one-hour meetings with the drug companies are typically two to five pages at the least, depending on the topics discussed. Transparency for the drug UFA negotiation meetings appears to be somewhat lacking (see previous post […]
On June 17-18, 2021, ISPE will be hosting a virtual conference, the 2021 ISPE Asia Pacific Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Conference: Sustainable Implementation of Quality Risk Management. Join leaders from industry (including Lachman’s CEO and President, Fran Zipp) and representatives from international regulators to discuss many issues related to quality risk management, with special emphasis on practical […]
Starting at the crack of dawn for us west coasters, today’s meeting kicked off with three presentations on application issues: mid-cycle meeting overview; information to include in cover letters; and application communications – quality perspectives. Lots of information was presented and highlights are discussed below. Mid-cycle reviews are reserved for complex generics and may also […]
The afternoon started out with a discussion of Biopharmaceutics Risk Assessment to Guide Dissolution Method Development for Solid Oral Dosage Forms. The presentation provided an introduction to the understanding of the purpose of biopharmaceutics risk assessment and a discussion of how to perform the assessment which focused on understanding the role of in vitro dissolution […]
The afternoon sessions of FDA’s Generic Drug Forum on April 28, 2021 were very information-intense and provided a significant amount of review information and suggestions for success in ANDA submission and approval. Caliope Sarago, Senior Regulatory Health Project Manager, Office of Research and Standards, Office of Generic Drugs, gave a comprehensive review of the pre-ANDA […]
There were numerous presenters in the morning session on April 28, 2021. Below are some of the highlights. Dr. Sally Choe, Director, Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) noted that OGD has prioritized assessment of over 50 ANDAs and more than 800 supplemental applications in FY 2021 to meet the needs associated with the Covid-19 pandemic. […]
