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The FDA increased its preapproval inspections of generics makers by 60 percent between fiscal years 2011 and 2013, but failed to conduct all of those requested by agency reviewers, a new report finds. Read More
Compounding pharmacies continue to be plagued by sterility issues, as the FDA handed warning letters to facilities in Florida and Kentucky — bringing to nine the number of compounders cited for such deficiencies since October. Read More
The FDA is offering two grants of up to $600,000 each over three years in exchange for data to establish statistically based pharmaceutical quality standards. Read More
The FDA is working rapidly to establish a mutual inspection program with the EU that uses similar GMPs and quality metrics, CDER Director Janet Woodcock said June 1, adding that the current system of different expectations is not sustainable. Read More
Drugmakers are asking the European Commission to clarify new requirements for equipment used in the manufacturing process, including when it’s okay to test such equipment at the factory instead of on site. Read More
The NIH Clinical Center suspended operations of its Pharmaceutical Development Section, effective Thursday, due to serious manufacturing problems and lack of compliance with standard operating procedures discovered during an FDA investigation. Read More
Members of the FDA’s Bone, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee voted 18-6 Thursday to recommend approval of Sprout’s female sexual dysfunction drug, despite lingering safety concerns. Read More
A federal appeals court is considering whether to lift a temporary injunction that bars Sandoz from marketing its Zarxio-sndz biosimilar pending an outcome in patent infringement litigation involving reference product maker Amgen’s blockbuster chemotherapy drug Neupogen. Read More
ISPE’s quality metrics team has settled on 13 metrics that it will ask drugmakers to collect data on during the second phase of a pilot program meant to help the FDA boost quality compliance. Read More
Genzyme said Thursday that it has received FDA breakthrough therapy designation for olipudase alfa, an enzyme replacement therapy for patients with nonneurological manifestations of acid sphingomyelinase deficiency, also known as Niemann-Pick disease type B. Read More
The UK’s healthcare cost regulator is asking BioMarin to provide more information on Vimizim, its treatment for the rare inherited disease Morquio A Syndrome, saying current evidence doesn’t support coverage of the drug. Read More
Active pharmaceutical ingredient maker VUAB Pharma was hit with an FDA warning letter over complaint handling, contamination and data integrity issues. Read More