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Generic Drugs Program Monthly and Quarterly Activities Report

ACTIONS BY MONTH Oct-23 Nov-23 Dec-23 Jan-24 Feb-24 Mar-24 Apr-24 May-24 Jun-24 Jul-24 Aug-24 Sep-24 FY-2024

Approvals

57

51 53 56                

217

First-Time Generics 

4

4 4 6                

18

First-Cycle Approvals 

10

6 12 9                

37

Imminent Actions

6

7 9 5                

27

Tentative Approvals

16

17 11 17                

61

First-Cycle Tentative Approvals

4

0 0 0                

4

Imminent Actions

4

5 5 2                

16

Complete Responses

141

137 131 136                

545

Original ANDA Refuse to Receive

4

2 1 3                

10

Standard 

4

1 1 2                

8

Priority

0

1 0 1                

2

Original Acknowledgements

33

49 36 84                

202

Withdrawals

8

27 10 14                

59

Approved ANDA

0

18 0 8                

26

Unapproved ANDA

8

9 10 6                

33

PAS Approvals

203

108 140 120                

571

PAS Refuse to Receives

0

0 0 1                

1

PAS Withdrawals

2

17 2 8                

29

Information Requests

336

395 370 318                

1419

Originals

135

169 175 173                

652

Supplements

201

226 195 145                

767

Discipline Review Letters

193

162 158 160                

673

DMF Completeness Assessment

84

83 32 39                

238

Reclassification of a Facility-Based Major CRL Granted

6

5 6 8                

25

Reclassification of a Facility-Based Major CRL Denied

0

0 0 0                

0

Pending ANDAs Awaiting FDA Action +

1477

1417 1475 1451                

--

ANDAs Awaiting Applicant Action ++

2056

2104 2100 2093                

--

Tentative Approvals +++

482

494 494 496                

--

Complete Responses ++++

1574

1610 1606 1597                

--

 

 

SUBMISSIONS BY MONTH Oct-23 Nov-23 Dec-23 Jan-24 Feb-24 Mar-24 Apr-24 May-24 Jun-24 Jul-24 Aug-24 Sep-24 FY-2024
ANDAs *

26

51 119 37                

233

Complex Products 

5

13 23 7                

48

Amendments

211

194 213 210                

828

Major

55

52 69 67                

243

Minor

50

46 59 73                

228

Unsolicited

106

96 85 70                

357

Requests for Reclassification of a Facility-Based Major CRL Amendment

4

6 12 15                

37

Pre-Submission Facility Correspondence

11

5 5 3                

24

Supplements

947

967 778 1100                

3792

CBE

818

832 640 948                

3238

PAS**

129

135 138 152                

554

DMF Payments

8

22 28 28                

86

Controlled Correspondence ***

264

257 213 329                

1063

Level 1

235

224 190 282                

931

Level 2

29

33 23 47                

132

Controlled Correspondence Requests for Clarification

1

1 1 1                

4

Product Development Meeting

7

4 9 5                

25

Pre-Submission Meeting

0

0 0 0                

0

PSG Teleconference

0

0 0 0                

0

Pre-Submission PSG Meetings

0

0 0 0                

0

Post-Submission PSG Meeting

0

0 0 0                

0

Mid Cycle Review Meeting

1

0 0 0                

1

Enhanced Mid Cycle Review Meeting

2

0 0 0                

2

Post-CRL Clarification-Only Teleconference

3

7 11 1                

22

Post-CRL Scientific Meeting

1

1 2 1                

5

 

 

 

APPROVAL TIMES BY QUARTER * Q1 (Oct - Dec 2023) Q2 (Jan- Mar 2024) Q3 (Apr - Jun 2024) Q4 (Jul - Sept 2024)
Quarterly Mean Approval Times 39.84      
Quarterly Median Approval Times 26.07      
Quarterly Mean Tentative Approval Times 40.69      
Quarterly Median Tentative Approval Times 29.96      

NOTE: Numbers reflect current data at the time of posting and may change based on refreshed counts in our tracking systems, including application status updates.
These numbers are not intended for Congressional reporting purposes.
Indented metrics are included in the count of the non-indented metric above it.

Abbreviations:
PAS = Prior Approval Supplements
DMF = Drug Master File
CRL = Complete Response Letter
CBE = Changes Being Effected
PSG = Product-Specific Guidances

+ = Pending ANDAs Awaiting FDA Action are applications currently being reviewed by FDA.

++ = ANDAs Awaiting FDA Action and ANDAs Awaiting Applicant Action represent a snapshot in time for the status of distinct original ANDAs. Many of these applications have been reviewed and found “not approvable” in a previous cycle and have been resubmitted by the applicant for another cycle of review and assessment. These metrics are calculated at the end of the month or just thereafter.

+++ = ANDAs Awaiting Applicant TA are applications that have a status of ‘TA’ or Tentative Approval. If a generic drug product is ready for approval but cannot be approved due to a patent or exclusivity related to the reference listed drug product, FDA issues a tentative approval letter to the applicant, and the tentative approval letter details the basis for the tentative approval. A tentative approval does not allow the applicant to market the generic drug product. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) delays final approval of the generic drug product until all patent or exclusivity issues have been resolved or, in some cases, until a 30-month stay associated with patent litigation has expired.

++++ = Applications Awaiting Applicant Action are applications that have a status of ‘CR’ or Complete Response. These applications have been reviewed by FDA and the data submitted are inadequate to support approval.

* = Original Receipts are reported as raw receipts (versus filed receipts).
** = PAS Supplements do not include REMS PAS supplements.
*** = Controls count only those requests deemed appropriate for a control.

^ = Mean/ Median AP/TA calculated as the difference between the first full approval (AP) date or the first Tentative Approval (TA) date and the date the original application was accepted for filing divided by the average number of days per month (30.4375). The unit for each of these metrics is months.

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