GDUFA Self-Identification Woes Can’t Deflate Industry, FDA Enthusiasm

As the grace period nears its close, industry officials say they expected problems getting generic drug manufacturing facilities to self-identify under the new user fee requirement; meanwhile, FDA expects to hire nearly three times the staff in the Office of Generic Drugs to meet GDUFA commitments.

Industry appears more excited about its success to date with the GDUFA self-identification process than disappointed by its initial failure. Executives say they are happy that nearly two-thirds of the expected generic drug facilities did in fact self-identify with FDA, instead of expressing concern that one-third missed the deadline, potentially raising the fees for everyone else.

The generic drug user fee program has not launched as smoothly as was hoped

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