Pink Sheet is part of Pharma Intelligence UK Limited

This site is operated by Pharma Intelligence UK Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 13787459 whose registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. The Pharma Intelligence group is owned by Caerus Topco S.à r.l. and all copyright resides with the group.

This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use. For high-quality copies or electronic reprints for distribution to colleagues or customers, please call +44 (0) 20 3377 3183

Printed By

UsernamePublicRestriction

DENTIFRICE MFP/NaF COMBO IN THREE-TO-ONE RATIO

Executive Summary

DENTIFRICE MFP/NaF COMBO IN THREE-TO-ONE RATIO should be included in the OTC Anticaries Final Monograph as the optimal ratio for a combination of the ingredients, Intradal Nederland B.V. maintained in comments to FDA. The comments were submitted by Intradal counsel Robert Pinco (D.C. firm Finley, Kumble, Wagner) on April 7. The firm maintained that "the effectiveness of widely available dentifrices is materially enhanced by the effect of the unintended mixture of NaF [sodium fluoride] and MFP [sodium monofluorophosphate]." The company said that such available dentifrices "are unintentional combination products, and for that reason, they are not combined in the optimal ratio (75% fluoride from NaF and 25% fluoride from MFP)." Intradal stated that "the effectiveness of widely available dentifrices is materially enhanced by the effect of the unintended mixture of NaF and MFP." The firm maintained that the effect of the combo "increases with age because MFP is continuously converted to NaF (as much as about 50% of the original MFP can be lost)." In addition, Intradal said, "although the amount of free fluoride in an aging, MFP dentifrice stays the same, or actually decreases, the bioavailability of the fluoride increases because the combination of NaF and MFP is more effective than either alone." FDA's OTC Anticaries Tentative Final Monograph, published in September, includes sodium fluoride 0.2% rinse and sodium monofluorophosphate dentifrice 0.76% among nine Category I anticaries ingredients ("The Pink Sheet" Oct. 7, T&G-8). The agency also recognized the additive effects of fluoride products, stating that labeling of OTC anticaries drug products could note that the combined use of fluoride rinses and gels with a fluoride toothpaste "can aid in reducing the incidence of dental cavities." Intradal said "it is necessary for the FDA to include recent information in the OTC monograph so that dentifrice mfrs. can officially control the ratio of these two fluoride agents [NaF and MFP] in their formulations to assure that consumers will gain the optimal advantage." Intradal asserted that "the administrative record must be amended because a mixture of MFP that is now known to contain more than 50% NaF can no longer be regarded as if hydrolyzed fluoride were a minor constituent. Indeed, the hydrolyzed fluoride is the major species in the oral environment that is in contact with the tooth surface." Intradal submitted results of a three-year clinical study of its combination fluoride dentifrice, Prodent, in which 560 ten-year-old children completed two years of study and 543 completed three years. Intradal said the study was "designed to confirm the enhanced caries preventive effect of a toothpaste containing an MFP/NaF combination 1,420 ppm with a comparable control toothpaste containing only sodium MFP." The firm reported that "the advantage of the combination fluoride compared to the control was highly significant for all test periods and lesion types" (enamel caries; enamel/dentin caries; and dentin caries). In addition, Intradal stated that the "caries reversal effect of Prodent was quite dramatic when compared to the MFP control." Intradal noted that the largest tube of Prodent, 75 ml, contains about 110 mg of fluoride, which is less than half of the maximum fluoride concentration of 260 mg approved by FDA.

You may also be interested in...



Part D Discount Liability Coming Into Focus: CMS Releases Drug Cost Data

Newly released Medicare Part D data sheds light on the sales hit that branded pharmaceutical manufacturers will face when the coverage gap discount program gets under way in 2011

FDA Skin Infections Guidance Spurs Debate On Endpoint Relevance

FDA appears headed for a showdown with clinicians and the pharmaceutical industry over the proposed new clinical trial endpoints for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections, the guidance's approach for justifying a non-inferiority margin and proposed changes in the types of patients that should be enrolled in trials

Shire Hopes To Sow Future Deals With $50M Venture Fund

Specialty drug maker Shire has quietly begun scouting deals with a brand-new $50 million venture fund, the latest of several in-house investment arms to launch with their parent company's pipelines, not profits, as the measure of their worth

Latest Headlines
See All
UsernamePublicRestriction

Register

PS009994

Ask The Analyst

Ask the Analyst is free for subscribers.  Submit your question and one of our analysts will be in touch.

Your question has been successfully sent to the email address below and we will get back as soon as possible. my@email.address.

All fields are required.

Please make sure all fields are completed.

Please make sure you have filled out all fields

Please make sure you have filled out all fields

Please enter a valid e-mail address

Please enter a valid Phone Number

Ask your question to our analysts

Cancel