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Why, Who, When, Where and More: New Draft Guidance on Notifying FDA about Discontinuance or Interruption in Manufacturing

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Livornese — On February 6, 2024, FDA issued a draft guidance titled Notifying FDA of a Discontinuance or Interruption in Manufacturing of Finished Products or Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Under Section 506C of the FD&C Act. blood supply; and, Manufacturers of certain finished drug products marketed without an approved NDA or ANDA.

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Wave of Warning Letters to Foreign OTC Drug Manufacturing Facilities Following Remote Records Requests

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Cato — On August 3rd, FDA issued 11 warning letters to foreign facilities registered as OTC drug manufacturers. Section 704(a)(4) was added to the FDCA by the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Action (FDASIA) in July 2012. By McKenzie E.

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Quiet on the Set? Forbidding FDA To Take Photographs During An Inspection Can Be Regrettable

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The current Warning Letter was issued to a drug manufacturer in China (Tianjin Darentang Jingwanhong Pharmaceutical Co., Then along came the FDA Safety and Innovation Act (“FDASIA”) (our firm’s summary of the law, which was enacted in 2012, is here ). for multiple violations observed during an inspection that occurred eight months ago.

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The Fourth Circuit Upholds CMS’ Definition of “Line-Extension Drug” and “New Formulation”

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Gaulkin — On April 10, the Fourth Circuit unanimously affirmed a summary judgment ruling for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the agency’s definitions of “line-extension drug” and “new formulation” for purposes of determining rebates that drug manufacturers may owe the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP).

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News on FDA’s Quality Management Maturity Program-Maturity to Continually Improve and to not be Reactive

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FDA published two Federal Register Notices in October 2020 to recruit domestic drug product manufacturers of finished dosage forms and foreign manufacturers of active pharmaceutical ingredients to participate in the QMM Pilot Programs. FDA describes the QMM as “above-the-bar behaviors” that exceed good manufacturing practices (GMPs).

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CMS Definition of “New Formulation” Upheld in Federal Court

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By way of background, manufacturers are subject to an additional per-unit Medicaid rebate if they increase their prices greater than the rate of inflation. This objection echoed a criticism that had been expressed by industry ever since CMS’s proposed rule in 2012. MJM-22-977 (Dist. NDA or BLA) drugs.

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Does the Drug Shortage White Paper Fall Short?

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For generic drug manufacturing facilities specifically, the numbers are 63% and 87%. The proposed Manufacturing Resiliency Assessment Program (MRAP) would be managed as a public-private partnership and would assign resilience scores to manufacturers of generic drugs, “based on an assessment of manufacturer practices and past performance.”