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Dormant drug status can trigger generic access to an alternate Canadian Reference Product

Pharma in Brief

The Notice advises that if an innovative drug is categorized as “Dormant” in Health Canada’s Drug Product Database, then a generic manufacturer can compare its drug against an alternate CRP, which could include another generic drug, when filing an Abbreviated New Drug Submission ( ANDS ).

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A PSA on PSGs: PSG Meetings Are Now Available

FDA Law Blog

Koblitz — FDA uses its Product Specific Guidance documents (“PSGs”) to provide recommendations as to the bioequivalence testing necessary for approval of a generic drug. Indeed, PSGs help facilitate generic competition, and to date, OGD has published more than 2,000 PSGs.

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In the News: October Regulatory and Development Updates

Camargo

The ANDA application must contain a basis of submission specifying the RLD, and the applicant must show that the proposed generic drug is the same as the RLD with respect to active ingredient(s), dosage form, route of administration, strength, labeling, and conditions of use, among other characteristics.

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Quality by design with a focus on biosimilars

Pharmaceutical Technology

To demonstrate bioequivalence for a generic small molecule drug, a company must carry out a Phase I clinical trial in healthy individuals to ensure that the area under the curve and maximum plasma concentration for their drug is equivalent to that of the brand name drug.

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FDA Knows Its Own Strength—and It Includes Concentration

FDA Law Blog

Even more definitively, FDA wrote: Thus, when the BPCI Act was passed by Congress in 2009 and signed into law on March 23, 2010, the statutory term “strength” in section 505(j)(2)(A)(iii) of the FD&C Act had an existing, well-established administrative meaning that reflected both the total drug content (e.g.,

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Pioneering access to complex generic products 

Drug Discovery World

In September 2021, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the initiation of a pilot programme 1 to provide parallel scientific advice to pharma companies applying for marketing authorisation for generic versions of hybrid products and complex generic drug products.

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Jailed pharma exec fined £47m and banned from industry

pharmaphorum

The company was slammed for restricting distribution of its drug so generic drug manufacturers couldn’t conduct bioequivalence tests or access a key ingredient used in the drug’s production.