Pharmaceutical Development Group (PDG) is a subsidiary of Biotech Research Group Corporation.
FDA recently announced a new platform to request pre-ANDA meetings. Because PDG spends a considerable amount of time on complex generic development, we enrolled on day one. Here’s a description, followed by a link to the full story from FDA: “On October 1, 2017, the FDA launched a new technology platform, which will allow industry…
DetailsLast month we reported OTC Monograph User Fees, Pre-submission Meetings and Electronic Submissions Possible and included our latest paper entitled FDA OTC Monograph Changes Coming: User Fees, Pre-submission Meetings and Electronic Submissions. We noted that although not included in FDARA, there is a reasonable possibility the proposed Over-the-Counter Monograph User Fee Program (OMUFA) will still become…
DetailsIn January 2017, President Trump issued Executive Order 13771 entitled “Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs” and Executive Order 13777 entitled “Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda.” On September 7, FDA Voice reported “FDA’s plan to engage the public in the agency’s new effort to strengthen and modernize FDA’s regulatory framework.” Shortly thereafter, FDA began opening…
DetailsIn July of this year, we reported that FDA Announces Strategic Plan to Eliminate Orphan Designation Request Backlog. On September 12, 2017, Commissioner Gottlieb stated that “Reviews of all orphan drug designation requests older than 120 days were completed on August 28th.” In the same report, entitled “FDA is Advancing the Goals of the Orphan…
DetailsThe Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation reports that “The 2017 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award honors two scientists whose technological advances enabled the development of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, which prevent cervical cancer and other tumors. Douglas R. Lowy and John T. Schiller (both from the National Cancer Institute) took a bold but calculated approach toward a major public-health problem whose…
DetailsMostaghim et al (BMJ 2017;358:j3837) recently published a study in the British Medical Journal that concludes that “Expedited development and regulatory review pathways can accelerate the availability of new drugs, but drugs approved through these pathways are associated with increased safety related label changes after approval, particularly for the types of changes representing the highest risk…
Details“FDARA reauthorizes the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) for the fifth time, the Medical Device User Fee Amendments (MDUFA) for the third time, and both the Generic Drug User Fee Amendments (GDUFA) and the Biosimilar User Fee Act (BsUFA) for the first time – allowing FDA to continue to collect medical product user fees…
DetailsAlthough not included in FDARA, there is a reasonable possibility the proposed Over-the-Counter Monograph User Fee Program (OMUFA) will still become law. Assuming passage, OTC User Fees and electronic submissions will be required and sponsors will have the opportunity to engage in pre-submission meetings with FDA before requesting changes to OTC monographs. The process for effecting such…
DetailsAccording to Rare Disease Report, “It is only August but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is on track to set a record for orphan drugs approved this year. At last count, 42 orphan drugs have been approved between January 1, 2017 and August 9, 2017.” Meanwhile, RAPS Regulatory Focus reports that “A little…
DetailsUSA Today reported on August 15 that “Drugmakers ‘game the system and game the rules’ through a patient safety program that allows them to keep generic drug companies from getting enough doses of their branded drug, said Gottlieb. Generic drugmakers need up to 5,000 doses to do the studies needed to prove their products are truly equivalent, he…
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