The pressure is on for API makers to submit higher quality Type II drug master files, or DMFs. FDA official says many US ANDA approvals are delayed by poor quality DMFs. A representative of the generic drug industry, however, contends that FDA is partially to blame for this problem by setting impractical expectations and an unrealistically high bar for DMFs.
Active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturers should improve the quality of their Type II drug master file (DMF) submissions to speed approvals of the DMFs and the generic drug applications that reference them, an FDA official said May 24 at the Association for Accessible Medicines’ Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls Workshop in Bethesda, Md.
There is much room for improvement, according to Ramnarayan Randad, a chemist with the Office of Pharmaceutical Quality in FDA's...
EU authorities must “take advantage” of the upcoming Biotech Act to reassess the bloc’s policies and “offset existing challenges” for small and midsized enterprises, trade association EUCOPE has said.
The UK drug regulator, the MHRA, is set to launch its decentralized manufacturing framework in July, and has issued a series of guidance documents that it believes will help companies and also be of value to other countries that are considering how best to regulate the fledging sector.
If US tariffs on pharmaceutical supply chain products come into force they could be disruptive for companies. Ewan Townsend, of the international law firm Arnold & Porter, explains how companies can mitigate issues through negotiating with suppliers and reallocating tariff responsibilities.
President Trump’s new Executive Order on drug pricing reprises several policy themes from his first administration, including giving the FDA many tasks intended to increase competition in the marketplace.
Two pharmacies, a medical spa and a telehealth company voluntarily removed efficacy, safety and quality claims for compounded GLP-1 products after innovator companies filed challenges with the National Advertising Division.
The EU must renew the mandate of its Health Emergency Response Authority to support medicine stockpiles and enable agile manufacturing to combat antimicrobial resistance and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats, says trade organization EUCOPE.
If US tariffs on pharmaceutical supply chain products come into force they could be disruptive for companies. Ewan Townsend, of the international law firm Arnold & Porter, explains how companies can mitigate issues through negotiating with suppliers and reallocating tariff responsibilities.
