July 2018 Drug and Device Corner

EAS would like to bring to your attention the Draft Guidance released by the FDA for ANDA Submissions – Amendments to Abbreviated New Drug Applications Under GDUFA. This guidance describes the significant difference between GDUFA I and GDUFA II Amendments and the timelines associated with their review. The FDA considers all submissions to an ANDA to be an amendment, they will be classified based on the content and issued a goal date consistent with that classification. Please review the guidance for further details.

In the FDA’s ongoing effort to make generic affordable drugs available to the public, they have published product-specific guidances describing the Agency’s current thinking and expectations on how to develop generic drug products therapeutically equivalent to specific reference listed drugs. These guidances are hoped to assist the generic pharmaceutical industry with identifying the most appropriate methodology for developing drugs and generating the evidence needed to support ANDA approval. Please see the FDA’s Product-Specific Guidances for Generic Drug Development webpage for more details.

The FDA issued a press release regarding its recent actions on bulk drug substances used for compounding. Their Bulk Drug Substances Nominated for Use in Compounding lists for 503A Category drugs and 503B Category drugs have been updated as of 23 July 2018. Included in the update are the changes to the lists and when the changes became effective. Please see the press release for full details. 

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a public hearing to solicit input from the public on how to facilitate greater availability of biosimilar and interchangeable products while retaining the balance between competition and innovation. The hearing will be held on Tuesday 4 September 2018, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Food and Drug Administration’s White Oak Conference Center. If you would like to participate and weigh in on this hearing, more information on how to register for the meeting or the live webcast can be found in the Federal Register Notice.

Guidance Document updates on the FDA website

All centers

Use of Electronic Health Record Data in Clinical Investigations

CDER

Oncology Therapeutic Radiopharmaceuticals: Nonclinical Studies and Labeling Recommendations

Smallpox (Variola Virus) Infection: Developing Drugs for Treatment or Prevention

Q3D(R1) Elemental Impurities

Hypertension: Conducting Studies of Drugs to Treat Patients on a Background of Multiple Antihypertensive Drugs

Innovative Approaches for Nonprescription Drug Products

Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI) and Dry Powder Inhaler (DPI) Products – Quality Considerations

Use of Liquids and / or Soft Foods as Vehicles for Drug Administration: General Considerations for Selection and In Vitro Methods for Product Quality Assessments

Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI) and Dry Powder Inhaler (DPI) Products – Quality Considerations

CDER & CBER

Assessing User Fees Under the Biosimilar User Fee Amendments of 2017

Indications and Usage Section of Labeling for Human Prescription Drug and Biological Products – Content and Format

E17 General Principles for Planning and Design of Multiregional Clinical Trials

Field Alert Report Submission Q & A

Labeling for Biosimilar Products

Inborn Errors of Metabolism That use Dietary Management: Considerations for Optimizing and Standardizing Diet in Clinical Trials for Drug Product Development

Slowly Progressive, Low-Prevalence Rare Diseases with Substrate Deposition That Results from Single Enzyme Defects: Providing Evidence of Effectiveness for Replacement or Corrective Therapies

E17 General Principles for Planning and Design of Multiregional Clinical Trials

CDRH

Metal Expandable Biliary Stents – Premarket Notification (510(k)) Submissions

CBER

Human Gene Therapy for Retinal Disorders

Long-Term Follow-Up After Administration of Human Gene Therapy Products

Human Gene Therapy for Rare Diseases

Chemistry, Manufacturing and Control (CMC) Information for Human Gene Therapy Investigational New Drug Applications (INDs)

Human Gene Therapy for Hemophilia

Testing of Retroviral Vector-Based Human Gene Therapy Products for Replication Competent Retrovirus During Product Manufacture and Patient Follow-up

Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Control (CMC) Information for Human Gene Therapy Investigational New Drug Applications (INDs)

CVM

Antimicrobial Animal Drug Sales and Distribution Reporting

#257 Studies to Evaluate the Metabolism and Residue Kinetics of Veterinary Drugs in Food-Producing Species: Marker Residue Depletion Studies to Establish Product Withdrawal Periods in Aquatic Species

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