The Indian private labeler predicts annualized U.S. OTC sales of $200 million by March 2013. Dr. Reddy’s recently launched an equivalent of Allegra-D 24 Hour and plans to introduce generic Prevacid 24HR in its next fiscal year.
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. plans to grow significantly in the U.S. private-label OTC drug market, with an eye toward chipping away at Perrigo Co. PLC’s lead in the segment.
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Plan to reorganize the agency into five offices was designed by someone who does not understand the FDA, former long-time agency official Janet Woodcock says. The proposal would eliminate highly specialized expertise in favor of “a big team of generalists,” former Principal Deputy Commissioner Joshua Sharfstein says.
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New plan to encourage alternatives to animal testing seeks interagency cooperation to meet more aggressive targets for transformational change than the US FDA’s long-standing program.
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The new telework policy returns to the pre-COVID-19 pandemic standard, but still requires reviewers to be at White Oak for sponsor meetings and divisions to have an in-office presence every day.
The HHS Secretary publicly acknowledged the unusual delay of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine licensure, but his justification was neither scientifically accurate nor legally justifiable, experts said.
