Generic Firms Fear 'New Lifecycle Management Tool' From FDA Pill Size Guidance

Final guidance excludes attachment on capsules but otherwise is virtually identical to draft; GPhA had argued for flexibility in product design to avoid brand patents.

Despite generic industry requests for FDA to allow flexibility in generic product design, the agency declined to make any major modifications to its draft guidance on the size, shape and other physical characteristics of generic tablets and capsules.

The Generic Pharmaceutical Association and Mylan Inc. had advised the agency that manufacturers make generic drugs larger than the brand to get around the brand’s design patents

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