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FDA Approves First Generic of Symbicort to Treat Asthma and COPD

The Pharma Data

Agency Supports Development of Complex Generic Drug-Device Combination Product to Improve Competition and Access to More Affordable Medicines. This complex generic drug-device combination product, which is a metered-dose inhaler, should not be used to treat acute asthma attacks. Today, the U.S.

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FDA-Approved Labeling: Is Enough Enough?

FDA Law Blog

Livornese — I saw the sign…and the answer is no—FDA-approved labeling apparently is not enough under state failure-to-warn laws, according to certain courts. Brand drugs, generic drugs, and medical devices alike have all been the target of state failure-to-warn litigation; in a recent case, OTC acetaminophen is the target.

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: New Legislation Would Reform the ANDA Suitability Petition Process and Require Timely Assignment of 505(b)(2) NDA Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluation Codes (“the Good”)

FDA Law Blog

1462 , the “ Simplifying the Generic Drug Application Process Act ,” and S.1463 1462, the “Simplifying the Generic Drug Application Process Act.”. Simplifying the Generic Drug Application Process Act (S. e), the Agency will approve or deny the petition no later than 90 days after the petition is submitted.”

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: New Legislation Would Reform the ANDA Suitability Petition Process and Require Timely Assignment of 505(b)(2) NDA Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluation Codes (“the Good”)

FDA Law Blog

1462 , the “ Simplifying the Generic Drug Application Process Act ,” and S.1463 1462, the “Simplifying the Generic Drug Application Process Act.”. Simplifying the Generic Drug Application Process Act (S. e), the Agency will approve or deny the petition no later than 90 days after the petition is submitted.”

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Hitting Pause on Criticism of the FDA, Just for Today

Pharmacy Checkers

Wikipedia has an extremely long page aptly called Criticism of the Food and Drug Administration , much of it having to do with its role with prescription drugs, and less so other sectors, such as food, tobacco and cosmetics. . The medications that we obtain in the U.S., and other high-income countries.

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Shkreli is sued for monopolizing Daraprim. But what ever happened to Azar’s single source drug import plan?

Pharmacy Checkers

Pasted from the AG’s press release : Attorney General James Sues ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli And Vyera Pharmaceuticals For Illegally Monopolizing Life-Saving Drug. Basically, the charge is that the Vyera took myriad actions to prevent a lower-cost generic drug from coming to market.

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Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled “Importation of Prescription Drugs, FDA-2019-N-5711, 84 Fed. Reg. 70796”

Pharmacy Checkers

The FDA should be commended for its effort to create rules, pursuant to Section 804 of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, that can lead to a regulated and safe channel of wholesale drug importation from Canada to help reduce cost burdens on states and consumers. counterparts. Part J is written in three sections.