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In the next few years, drugmakers will have to collect quality metrics data for FDA investigators to use in determining a facility’s quality status. Metrics being bandied about include batch failure rates, CAPA rates, complaints and right-first-time rates. Read More
The FDA last month issued long-awaited guidance for large drug compounding facilities, clarifying the types of companies that must register with the agency, plus providing additional labeling guidance for repackaging activities and adverse event reporting requirements. Read More
The FDA Friday gave a green light to the first U.S. biosimilar, finding Sandoz’s Zarxio clinically comparable to Amgen’s blockbuster chemotherapy product Neupogen. Read More
The FDA has established a public docket so that compounding pharmacies and others can share their experiences and views regarding the agencies drug compounding regulations. Read More
Astellas Pharma will launch its antifungal drug Cresemba in the coming months, following FDA approval for adults with invasive aspergillosis and invasive mucormycosis — rare, but serious fungal infections most often seen in patients with compromised immune systems. Read More
CorePharma will divest generic rights to a dry mouth therapy and a liver drug to clear the way for Impax’s $700 million acquisition of the Middlesex, N.J., drugmaker. Read More
Sun Pharmaceuticals is recalling 5,322 bottles of Ketorolac tromethamine ophthalmic solution in the U.S. and Puerto Rico for failing to meet specifications. Read More
Contract OTC manufacturer Gopers Int. doesn’t have a quality control unit, keep batch records or properly train its employees, according to an FDA Form 483 that features a litany of quality violations. Read More
Luitpold Pharmaceuticals was chided by the FDA for failing to properly investigate how severe roof leaks in 2013 and 2014 affected production. Read More