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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) uses warning letters to notify manufacturers that they have violated the FDA’s regulations or federal law. Manufacturers that receive warning letters must respond promptly, and they...more
The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has released draft interim guidance documents that impact the use of bulk drug substances in compounding under Sections 503A and 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act...more
The wait is finally over. On April 14, 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published its guidance for industry #256 (GFI 256), describing FDA’s position on the legality of compounding animal drugs from bulk...more
On August 9, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a notice announcing its implementation of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s April 2021 decision in Genus Medical Technologies LLC v. U.S. Food...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced October 26 the availability for the signing of the final standard Memorandum of Understanding Addressing Certain Distribution of Compounded Human Drug Products (MOU)...more
In 2012, New England Compounding Center (“NECC”) shipped contaminated anti-pain medication to hospitals and clinics around the country, with devastating consequences. Patients around the country developed fungal meningitis...more
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. — a pioneer drug company that markets its FDA-approved oral vancomycin hydrochloride solution, FIRVANQ® — has sued Edge Pharma, LLC, an outsourcing facility operating pursuant to section 503B of...more
Recently, a New York-based dietary supplement manufacturer (and its subsidiaries) issued a nationwide recall of all lots of dietary supplement products manufactured and sold between January 2013-November 2019. Because the...more
Introduction: CGMPs and FDA Inspections - Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMPs) are mandated by regulations enforced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and must be implemented and followed by...more
On August 1, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia affirmed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) decision to exclude the bulk drug substance vasopressin from the agency’s List of Bulk Drug...more
On June 6, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report that found that, among a sample U.S. hospitals that obtained non-patient-specific (NPS) compounded drugs...more
November 27, 2018 marked five years since President Obama signed the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA) into law. The law addresses two distinct areas of drug oversight, but it was the combined concerns about the quality...more
On September 10, 2018, the federal Food & Drug Administration (”FDA”) released its revised draft standard Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) between states and the FDA addressing the interstate distribution of compounded...more
• FDA has put out a new draft MOU for stakeholders to review and provide comments over the next 90 days. • If a state enters into the proposed MOU, pharmacies within its borders would be allowed to distribute up to 50...more
On March 23, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance regarding the process through which it proposes to evaluate bulk drug substances nominated for use in compounding by outsourcing...more
This week, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) published draft guidance, describing FDA’s policy and process for evaluating bulk drug substances used in compounding by outsourcing facilities that are registered under...more
FDA had a busy holiday season, issuing two final guidance documents and two draft guidance documents for industry related to human drug compounding right before the start of the new year. These guidance documents cover...more
Some of us remember the television commercial and poster, created by the then-audio cassette company, Memorex, asking “is it live, or is it Memorex?” Forty years later, the Food and Drug Administration could paraphrase the...more
On April 15, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance that describes the FDA's interpretation of drug compounding standards under Sections 503A and 503B of the Food Drug & Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act)....more
Last month, FDA released three draft guidance documents that are expected to have significant implications for traditional pharmacy-based compounding and the distribution of those drug products....more
On April 15, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued three new draft guidance documents related to human drug compounding under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FD&C Act”), as amended by Title I of the...more
If you read one thing... - FDA interprets the FDCA not to permit compounding for “office use” under Section 503A; compounding pharmacies must receive a valid prescription for an individually identified patient before...more
The advisory committee tasked with providing advice on medical, scientific and technical issues to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on compounded drugs is slated to continue its examination of matters concerning access...more
On May 18, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) withdrew its 2003 Compliance Policy Guide – Section 608.400, Compounding of Drugs for Use in Animals and signaled new plans to constrain animal drug compounding...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a Notice of Draft Guidance and Withdrawal of Compliance Policy Guidance (Guidance Notice), along with a Draft Guidance for Industry (Draft Guidance) addressing...more