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Extended Review Timeline for Certain Applications under Proposed PDUFA V
The Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) is due to be reauthorized by the end of September this year. Along with the usual increases in fees, the latest version of the act (PDUFA V) includes some...
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FDA Study Finds Lower Risk of Lung Cancer Among Menthol Smokers
In March 2011, the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee released a report on the impact of menthol on public health. Based on the committee’s review of all available evidence, they...
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FDA Shelf Life Extension Program (SLEP)
The FDA’s homepage contains an item in the Public Health Focus section from the Office of Communications entitled “Don’t Use Expired Medicine.” Given this mandate, I recall from many years ago the...
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Food and Cosmetic Ingredients that are also Excipients in Drug Products – OGD Policy
In a recent teleconference with senior officials in the Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) at the FDA, it was conveyed that it is the policy of OGD in determining the safety of excipients to rely...
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Innovation vs. Safety: Another Definition for the “Chicken or the Egg"
We all know that the FDA’s mission is to promote and protect public health. However, in their effort to protect the public health, it seems that they may be inadvertently harming the industry that...
Citing the IIG as Evidence of Ingredient Safety Comes with Caveats
It has become common practice in developing drug formulations to consult the FDA's Inactive Ingredient Guide (IIG) to obtain information on "acceptable levels" of excipients used in previously...
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Competition Between Orphan Drug Sponsors – Good for Patients, Strategic Complexities for Sponsors
The regulations developed by the FDA for implementing the Orphan Drug Act contain a number of features that are intended to maximize benefits to the orphan disease patient population, but which pose...