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FDA Sort-of Commits to Meet with Generic Drug Manufacturers that Have Received Warning Letters

FDA Law Blog

As predicted in an earlier blogpost , FDA last week released a draft guidance that provides a pathway for generic drug manufacturers to secure a meeting with FDA so that affected companies can get answers to their questions in these circumstances.

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ACI To Host Multiple Events Featuring HP&M Speakers – Discounts Available to FDA Law Blog Readers

FDA Law Blog

The American Conference Institute (“ACI”) will be hosting a series of go-to forums on critical topics including novel therapeutics, cosmetics/personal care products and Paragraph IV disputes. Claud will be featured at the Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Forum on Cosmetics & Personal Care Products in New York, NY.

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In the News: August 2021 Regulatory and Development Updates

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devices must be regulated as devices, and drugs—if they do not also satisfy the device definition—must be regulated as drugs.”. The drugs approved via PANDAs are often used as the reference listed drug (RLD) for ANDAs under 505(j), and they can also be used as the listed drug for 505(b)(2) applications.

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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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Zootechnical Animal Food Substances; a New Category of Animal Food Additives Proposed

FDA Law Blog

1844 – Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023. The proposed legislation appears to be an effort to resolve issues created by FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine’s (CVM) interpretation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDC Act) definition of food.

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Prescription Drug User Fees Ex-PAND-ed to PANDAs (PANDA-monium Part II)

FDA Law Blog

Since 1984, generic drugs have been approved under ANDAs pursuant to section 505(j) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA); before 1984, no formal mechanism for an ANDA existed so FDA used sections 505(b) and 505(c) to approve follow-on drugs based on the Agency’s previous findings of safety and efficacy.

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FDA-Approved Labeling: Is Enough Enough?

FDA Law Blog

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. The GAO Report further explained that the agency did not have the resources to regulate the estimated 100,000 OTC drugs marketed through the monograph process.