After years of pandemic-related delays, US FDA reinspects key Sun plant in Halol, India, hit with “official action indicated” inspection findings that tabled approvals just before COVID-19 impeded travel. However, new findings are generating further discussions.
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. last month finally got the US Food and Drug Administration inspection it was awaiting to lift the agency's December 2019 “official action indicated” classification that suspended approvals of additional drugs slated to be manufactured at its Halol, India, plant for the US market.
The plant was one of many stuck in OAI limbo with the FDA’s inspectorate largely grounded during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The US FDA Commissioner pushed for a rebalancing of the US’s pharmaceutical supply chains while also stressing that there is a role for US-China commerce that would be risky to compromise.
The UK regulator approved 16 medicines containing a new active substance in the first half of this year, while the European Commission issued marketing authorizations for 20 NAS-containing drugs.
Joint clinical assessment reports must be descriptive rather than reach definitive conclusions, and must not interfere with national decision making processes, according to new EU guidance.
The agency’s plan for advanced manufacturing seeks more harmonization, while also seeking to codify internal practices with guidance and training.
Joint clinical assessment reports must be descriptive rather than reach definitive conclusions, and must not interfere with national decision making processes, according to new EU guidance.
Developments in India and Pakistan are designed to standardize how drug companies disclose their expenses associated with health care professionals.
The agency’s plan for advanced manufacturing seeks more harmonization, while also seeking to codify internal practices with guidance and training.
