FDA Compounder Inspections May Help Set New Enforcement Standard

The US FDA says its release of complete response letters for products subsequently approved by the agency is just a first step toward releasing rejection letters when they are issued, assuming legal issues can be resolved.

The FDA's recent announcement of plans to expand unannounced inspections at ex-US facilities should put firms on advance notice that their next foreign facility inspection may not be preannounced, Ivy Sweeney, acting head of the agency's drug inspections office said.

New US FDA drugs center director George Tidmarsh’s data-centric comments at a Reagan-Udall Foundation meeting on unapproved fluoride products could suggest patients’ and caregivers’ experiences will carry less weight in benefit-risk decisions under his leadership.

Pink Sheet reporter and editors discuss the potential impact George Tidmarsh could have as director of the US FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and the issues threatening the future of Sarepta’s gene therapy Elevidys.