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Generic Drugs Agency Alerts

August 29, 2016

FDA Issues Guidance Regarding the Agency’s Refuse to Receive Policy for Certain Abbreviated New Drug Applications

On Wednesday, August 24th FDA released a final guidance document, entitled “Abbreviated New Drug Application Submissions – Refuse to Receive for Lack of Justification of Impurity Limits,” which...

Generic Drugs Agency Alerts

August 4, 2016

FDA Generic Drug User Fee Rates: Fiscal Year 2017

FDA has announced its 2017 user fee rates related to the Generic Drug User Fee Program, which includes: Abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) Prior approval supplements (PASs) to an approved ANDA...

Generic Drugs Agency Alerts

June 24, 2016

CREATES Act: Bipartisan Bill to Help Generic Drug Makers Obtain Samples Needed for Clinical Trials

On Tuesday, June 14, the “Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act of 2016” (CREATES Act) was introduced by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. This bipartisan bill...

Generic Drugs Agency Alerts

March 31, 2016

Everything You Should Know about FDA’s Draft Guidance on Abuse-Deterrent Generic Opioids, Part Two

FDA Touches on Routes of Abuse, Comparative In Vitro Studies, and Various Other Factors to Consider Regarding Abuse-Deterrent Generic Opioids Due to recent increases in the prevalence of opioid abuse...

Generic Drugs Agency Alerts

March 30, 2016

Everything You Should Know about FDA’s Draft Guidance on Abuse-Deterrent Generic Opioids, Part One

Evaluating the Abuse Deterrence of Generic Opioid Drug Products As we recently reported, the prevalence of opioid abuse and overdose have reached epidemic levels in the U.S. over the past decade. In...

Generic Drugs Agency Alerts

January 4, 2016

FDA: Major Rule on Generic Drug Labeling Changes to Come in Summer 2016

In November 2013, the FDA introduced a proposed rule entitled, “Supplemental Applications Proposing Labeling Changes for Approved Drugs and Biological Products.” Last month, the Agency announced the...

Generic Drugs Agency Alerts

December 16, 2015

Woodcock Announces CDER’s 2016 Priorities & Says ANDA Backlog was the Biggest Challenge of GDUFA I

On Monday, December 14th, the director of FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), Janet Woodcock, M.D., spoke at the FDA/CMS Summit for Biopharma Executives where she announced the...

Generic Drugs Agency Alerts

October 8, 2015

Senator: FDA’s Backlog of ANDAs is Causing “Harm” to Consumers

On September 28, 2015, Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) sent a letter to FDA’s Acting Commissioner, Stephen Ostroff, MD, in which he stated various concerns regarding an extensive backlog of Abbreviated New...

Generic Drugs Agency Alerts

October 7, 2015

Could Pharmaceutical “Product-Hopping” Violate Antitrust Laws? FTC Thinks So…

In the case between Mylan Pharmaceuticals and Warner Chilcott, in which Mylan accused Warner Chilcott of violating antitrust laws by participating in “product hopping”, the FTC has filed an amicus...

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