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Revised Final Guidance on Nitrosamines Offers New Recommendations for Assessment and Control

FDA Law Blog

Nitrosamines are impurities that can form during drug manufacturing and are considered potentially potent carcinogens. For example, depending on the manufacturing process for a specific human drug, the use of some specific solvents, reagents, and catalysts may trigger the formation of these possible carcinogens.

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Patients Preferences and Difficulties with 5 Different Fecal Immunochemical Tests (FITs) [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

FITs would save nearly as many lives as colonoscopy with far fewer complications. FIT manufacturers should develop very clear directions for patients. Context: FITs are an accepted method of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and patients’ preferences and difficulties are unknown. Multiple FITs are available in the U.S.

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FDA Inspections Back Up To Speed (Except Those Now Deemed Unnecessary)

FDA Law Blog

Farquhar — Those of us who work frequently on FDA inspections of drug and medical device manufacturing facilities have noticed an uptick in regular inspections after a dramatic falloff during the first two years of COVID. By Douglas B. Mr. Cruse pledged that the frequency of these inspections would increase.

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The Most Engaging Decision You’ll Read All Year – Five Stars

FDA Law Blog

FDA , Petitioners, a liquid nicotine manufacturer, sued FDA arguing that the Agency was arbitrary and capricious in rejecting the Petitioner’s Premarket Tobacco Application (“PMTA”) in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”). FDA also directed manufacturers to produce detailed marketing plans.

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A Short-Term Gain for a Long-Term Loss? The Build Back Better Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program Ignores Hatch-Waxman/BPCIA Realities. and that May Mean Big Bad Business for Generic Drug/Biosimilar Manufacturers

FDA Law Blog

1) publish a list of selected drugs in accordance with section 1192; (2) enter into agreements with manufacturers of selected drugs with respect to such period, in accordance with section 1193; (3) negotiate and, if applicable, renegotiate maximum fair prices for such selected drugs, in accordance with section 1194; and. (4)

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Draft Guidance on Biosimilars and Interchangeables Tries to Smooth Path for Post-Approval Changes

FDA Law Blog

Last week, FDA issued draft guidance to address the potential complications that arise when sponsors seek to modify products, production processes, or quality controls for approved biologics license application (BLA) biosimilar and interchangeable products. Part 601 delineates those changes as being either major, moderate, or minor.

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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

While it is really difficult to manufacture a contact lens, which is one-third of a millimetre in diameter, a 3D printer sandwiches together different layers of interacting material, which makes it easier to match tiny pieces.