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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. FDA may deny a PSG if the applicant’s bioequivalence testing started after the PSG publication.

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The Composition and Value of a Portfolio Analysis

Camargo

For example, streamlined programs can be limited to literature searches, nonclinical studies, demonstration of bioequivalence to an approved product, or a combination of nonclinical and bioequivalence studies, and their relatively low costs may be appealing. Clinical Pharmacology. This is a key factor in designing Phase 2 and 3 trials.

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In the News: October Regulatory and Development Updates

Camargo

Each month, Camargo’s “In the News” series highlights important changes and advancements in the regulatory and development space and explores how those changes could impact your program. Unpacking the (Black) Box: Antares Licenses Urology Product with Boxed Warning. of hyponatremia, or low blood sodium levels. In October, the U.S.

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Pioneering access to complex generic products 

Drug Discovery World

In many cases, it is also challenging to apply traditional bioequivalence methods or to ensure clarity about the comparison model (in-vitro/in-vivo) needed to gain health authority approval. Off-patent medicines today account for about 80% of global prescriptions at an estimated 20% of the total cost. What are complex generics?

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How PK Modeling Can Inform Sample Size Estimation and Dose Selection for Your Product

Camargo

Drug development is an extremely cumbersome process, requiring the testing of an agent from in vitro studies to in vivo studies to in silico modeling. Pharmacokinetics (PK) and bioequivalence (BE) studies serve as the foundation of determining the fate of drug products. Approaches to Pharmacokinetic Analysis.

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The Important Role that Biopharmaceutics Plays in Accelerating Early-Phase Drug Development

Pharmaceutical Technology

Biopharmaceutics is a scientific discipline that examines the interrelationship of the physicochemical properties of the drug, the dosage form in which the drug is given, and the route of administration on the rate and extent of systemic drug absorption ( Applied Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics, Shargel, Wu-Pong and Yu, 5th Edition ).