ANDA Deficiencies Persist Despite QbR; Reviews to Focus More on Excipients
This article was originally published in The Gold Sheet
Executive Summary
Despite full adoption of question-based review in the generic drug industry, some of the chemistry and bioequivalence issues QbR was meant to help resolve have persisted, say officials from FDA’s Office of Generic Drugs.
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