The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a draft guidance document, June 27, that describes FDA’s current thinking on the prohibition of wholesaling human drugs by a 503B outsourcing facility under the Food, Drugs,...more
On February 1, 2022, the Texas Board of Pharmacy voted to send proposed amendments to its Central Fill Rule under 22 Tex. Admin. Code § 291.125 back to staff for a redraft....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 July 29, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a notice to the Federal Register (84 Fed. Reg. 36609). The notice invites comments on information collected in connection with FDA research by obtaining...more
• Five years after passage of the DQSA, FDA issued final decisions prohibiting the use of two bulk substances by outsourcing facilities, and finalized criteria for ongoing evaluations of other bulk substances that are...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On March 23, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance regarding the process through which it proposes to evaluate bulk drug substances nominated for use in compounding by outsourcing...more
FDA had a busy holiday season, issuing two final guidance documents and two draft guidance documents for industry related to human drug compounding right before the start of the new year.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
It is not uncommon for companies to contract their daily business operations to third-party companies. In Motta et al v. Global Contact Services, Inc., the court addressed whether such relationships relieve the outsourcing...more
Almost a year and a half after adoption of the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA) in November 2013, which revised federal oversight of drug compounding, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to roll out guidance...more
FDA has announced the availability of two Final Guidance documents and one revised Draft Guidance related to Section 503B outsourcing facilities. FDA published the three guidance documents Friday afternoon. The Final...more