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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
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
Yesterday we started off our year-end series of blog posts with the first part of a review of FDA’s actions for 2017 in the therapeutic products space. Part 1 recapped Commissioner Gottlieb’s initiative to tackle drug...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Last month, FDA released three draft guidance documents that are expected to have significant implications for traditional pharmacy-based compounding and the distribution of those drug products....more
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
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
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the availability of four new Draft Guidance documents and a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the FDA and individual states. The Draft Guidance documents...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released five policy documents regarding compounded human drug products in connection with its continued implementation of the compounding provisions of the Drug Quality and...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been busy since the passage of the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA) in November 2013. In just five short months, the FDA has issued six warning letters referencing the...more
On January 7, 2014, a three-judge panel of the United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia unanimously vacated the dismissal of claims against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and others by K-V...more
On November 18, 2013, the Senate, by voice vote, approved the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA), intended to bolster the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) oversight of compounding pharmacies in light of last year's...more