FDA Formalizes Remote Audit Practices via a New Guidance Document 

FDA’s practice of remote inspections, necessitated by the pandemic, is being made permanent via a new Guidance Document released this week. Remote inspections are known by many synonymous terms such as Remote Regulatory Assessment (RRA), remote interactive evaluations, remote record review, etc. Although FDA says that the RRAs do not replace on-site in-person inspections, and … Read more

FDA Limits Extensions on CRL Responses for ANDA

Applicants must respond to a Complete Response Letter (CRL) within 1 year unless an extension is requested prior to the expiration of the 1-year period. So far, FDA liberally granted extensions for the CRL responses, but not for long. In a new guidance document describing a previously unenforced policy, FDA announced that it would limit … Read more