The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a rule on “Drug Products or Categories of Drug Products that Present Demonstrable Difficulties for Compounding Under sections 503A or 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act”. We have put together this alert to summarize the provisions of the rule and what you
Recently Released Enhanced Regulatory Initiatives for Drug Compounders
On September 26, 2017, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. released a statement about FDA’s ramped up regulatory initiatives for drug compounders. These initiatives include: (1) publishing a report that provides a list of all the drugs that outsourcing facilities have compounded; (2) publishing a guide entitled “Outsourcing Facility Information,” which is a compilation of key