EMA Drug Post-Marketing Safety Surveillance Changes, US Impact and Compliance Assistance

On November 22, 2017, EMA launches a “new and improved” version of EudraVigilance (analogous to FDA Medwatch program). The result will be a total transition in the way that Individual case safety reports (ICSRs) are tracked and reported throughout Europe. ICSRs will be reported to the EudraVigilance database in the E2B(R3) format, replacing the E2B(R2)…

RAPS Reports Generic Drug Industry Threatens FDA With Lawsuit Over Drug Labeling Proposal

PDG™ is a pharmaceutical consultant serving drug sponsors around the world. On July 28, 2014, PDG™ published a chronology of events related to FDA’s proposed rule that would allow generics to use the CBE process to update their labeling with new safety information. Subsequently, RAPS Regulatory Focus (Alexander Gaffney, RAC, October 7, 2014) reported that…

Generic Pharmacovigilance/Safety Surveillance and CBEs

Generic Pharmacovigilance/Safety Surveillance & CBEs

As pharmaceutical consultants, PDG devotes considerable resources to both brand & generic drug safety surveillance and labeling issues.  As such, we have followed with great interest the proposed rule entitled “Supplemental Applications Proposing Labeling Changes for Approved Drugs and Biological Products.”  For ease of reference, we’re going to begin to refer to it as the…

Generic drug manufacturers could face new regulatory requirements from FDA

FDA recently announced critically important information for all generic drug manufacturers which will require generic drug manufacturers to develop and implement safety-related changes to their labeling. If/when implemented, generic companies will have a paradigmatic shift in their role related to safety surveillance and labeling updates. Prior to this new rule generic companies could only change…