Pharmaceutical Consultant’s Update on Smoking Cessation and Generic Drug Safety Surveillance

As pharmaceutical consultants with a long history of work in smoking cessation and safety surveillance, PDG® is monitoring two pending proposed rules with great interest. The first is entitled Deeming Tobacco Products To Be Subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as Amended by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; Regulations…

Investigational New Drug Application (IND)/Special Protocol Assessment (SPA)

FDA Delays Publication of Generic Drug CBE Rule Until Fall 2015

In a move that was not entirely unexpected, FDA delayed publication of a rule proposed last year that would allow generic drug sponsors to update safety warnings using the changes being effected (CBE) process. While the comment period had earlier been extended, there was no corresponding extension in the scheduled publication date of December 2014.…

Types of FDA Drug Labeling

Generic Labeling Inconsistent with Reference Listed Drug 78% of the Time

A recent study found that 78% of generic drug labels are inconsistent with the labeling of the reference listed drug (Duke et. Al 2012). While most of the differences were relatively minor, nearly one in ten were off by more than ten side effects.  The researchers reviewed 9,105 labels representing over 1,500 drugs on DailyMed,…