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The Great RIF(T): One FDA Division’s Destruction and What it Could Mean for Generic Drugs

The FDA Law Blog

Karst The FDA Reduction-in-Force (Termination)or RIF(T)announced last week has resulted in countless stories in the press and on personal LinkedIn accounts from those RIFd. As folks steeped in the world of generic drugs And Hatch-Waxman know, theres a lot that happens before FDA can take action on an ANDA. 314.150(c).

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FDA sends warning letter to KVK-Tech manufacturing facility

European Pharmaceutical Review

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent a warning letter to KVK-Techs drug manufacturing facility following an inspection in April 2019. Key violations identified by the FDA FDA investigators reported specific violations including, but not limited to: 1. Whats next for KVK-Tech?

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NIH spending for drugs approved 2010-2019 lower than industry spending, study finds

European Pharmaceutical Review

billion for phased clinical trials of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs between 2010-2019. million publications describing basic or applied research related to 386 of 387 drugs approved 2010-2019 with $8.1 This was ~10 percent of reported industry spending. billion (3.3

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FDA Approves IVIG for Pediatric Patients Aged 2 and Older With Primary Humoral Immunodeficiency

Pharmacy Times

Bivigam was initially approved by the FDA in May 2019 for the treatment of primary humoral immunodeficiency, including a group of genetic disorders.

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FDA drops PreCert report, new digital health guidances

pharmaphorum

The US FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) dropped a bevy of new digital health guidances and reports today and yesterday, providing some long-awaited clarity and peeks into the agency’s future plans. . The push started yesterday with the 31-page key findings report from the FDA Pre-Certification Program pilot.

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STAT+: Brain biopsies on ‘vulnerable’ patients at Mount Sinai set off alarm bells at FDA, documents show

STAT

” What Bauman couldn’t have known was that roughly one year earlier, the Mount Sinai brain biopsies had set off alarm bells at the Food and Drug Administration, whose review had been triggered when a device manufacturer wrote to the agency in April 2019.

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Vanda's jet-lag approval hopes for Hetlioz quashed with FDA hearing rejection

Fierce Pharma

Vanda has been waiting years for an FDA hearing to contest the agency’s 2019 rejection of its sleep drug Hetlioz in jet lag disorder. Vanda has been waiting years for an FDA hearing to contest the agency’s 2019 rejection of its sleep drug Hetlioz in jet lag disorder. regulator, the FDA has crushed Vanda’s bid.

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