Manufacturer of a very popular Menstrual Pain Patch with herbal ingredients wanted to introduce the product in USA. The product had herbal constituents sourced from India. With very strict US FDA requirements for importing and selling medicinal products in USA, the company wanted to have the right regulatory strategy, as the business opportunity was big. […]
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One of the top Indian multinational companies has been selling an antihistamine in the UK as Prescription Only Medicine (POM). DDReg was assigned with the task to assess the feasibility of change in the legal status of the product and thereafter support the regulatory strategy by way of developing safety rationale with regulatory documentation in
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Agencies across the emerging markets have been dealing with lot of ambiguities pertaining to Active Substance. These ambiguities emanate when a number of applicants submit diverse active substance information or Drug Master files (DMFs) on the same active by the same Active supplier (DMF Source). This usually happens when each applicant asks the API supplier
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Biosimilar Market Authorization in Malaysia Unlike most small-molecule drugs, which are chemically synthesized with highly predictable structures and functions, biologics and biosimilars are pharmaceutical compounds synthesized or extracted from a biological source, often with much more complex structures. Thus, unlike generic medicines in which the active ingredients are identical to the reference small-molecule drug, biosimilars
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A UK-based global CHC organization wanted to seek MA for a Fixed Dose Combination analgesic formulation. The product was sourced from a 3rd party CMO. Usually, the 3rd party sourcing is required when the in-house pipeline not able to support markets or when there is a local/regional business need for a client. For getting a
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently finalized its guidance to generic drug manufacturers on how to seek drug development information through the controlled correspondence (CC) process. This guidance finalizes the draft guidance issued in Nov 2017 and replaces the finalized guidance issued in September 2015. This update on controlled correspondence with FDA
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The US generic drug industry has grown into a major component of health care, with generic drugs accounting for the vast majority of retail drug prescriptions dispensed. On August 18, 2017, the President of the USA signed into law the Food and Drug Administration Reauthorization Act (FDARA) including the reauthorization of the Generic Drug User
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The pharmaceutical industry is one of the most important industries that will be directly impacted by Brexit. When the United Kingdom’s referendum was held in June 2016, the majority of the British electorate voted for the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union (EU) and now Brexit is a reality. Brexit and its potential
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In July 2018, the European medicines regulatory network became aware of the presence of nitrosamine impurities in an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API). This was the first time that a nitrosamine impurity had been detected in a pharmaceutical drug. The unexpected delivery of these impurities resulted in voluntary product recalls on a mass scale and led
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