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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                    

108

First-Time Generics 

4

4                    

8

First-Cycle Approvals 

10

6                    

16

Imminent Actions

6

7                    

13

Tentative Approvals

16

17                    

33

First-Cycle Tentative Approvals

4

0                    

4

Imminent Actions

4

5                    

9

Complete Responses

141

137                    

278

Original ANDA Refuse to Receive

4

2                    

6

Standard 

4

1                    

5

Priority

0

1                    

1

Original Acknowledgements

33

49                    

82

Withdrawals

8

27                    

35

Approved ANDA

0

18                    

18

Unapproved ANDA

8

9                    

17

PAS Approvals

203

108                    

311

PAS Refuse to Receives

0

0                    

0

PAS Withdrawals

2

17                    

19

Information Requests

336

395                    

731

Originals

135

169                    

304

Supplements

201

226                    

427

Discipline Review Letters

193

162                    

355

DMF Completeness Assessment

84

83                    

167

Reclassification of a Facility-Based Major CRL Granted

6

5                    

11

Reclassification of a Facility-Based Major CRL Denied

0

0                    

0

Pending ANDAs Awaiting FDA Action +

1477

1417                    

--

ANDAs Awaiting Applicant Action ++

2056

2104                    

--

Tentative Approvals +++

482

494                    

--

Complete Responses ++++

1574

1610                    

--

 

 

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                    

77

Complex Products 

5

13                    

18

Amendments

211

194                    

405

Major

55

52                    

107

Minor

50

46                    

96

Unsolicited

106

96                    

202

Requests for Reclassification of a Facility-Based Major CRL Amendment

4

6                    

10

Pre-Submission Facility Correspondence

11

5                    

16

Supplements

947

967                    

1914

CBE

818

832                    

1650

PAS**

129

135                    

264

DMF Payments

8

22                    

30

Controlled Correspondence ***

264

257                    

521

Level 1

235

224                    

459

Level 2

29

33                    

62

Controlled Correspondence Requests for Clarification

1

1                    

2

Product Development Meeting

7

4                    

11

Pre-Submission Meeting

0

0                    

0

PSG Teleconference

0

0                    

0

Pre-Submission PSG Meetings

0

0                    

0

Post-Submission PSG Meeting

0

0                    

0

Mid Cycle Review Meeting

1

0                    

1

Enhanced Mid Cycle Review Meeting

2

0                    

2

Post-CRL Clarification-Only Teleconference

3

7                    

10

Post-CRL Scientific Meeting

1

1                    

2

 

 

 

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

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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