RXPREP Chapter 2: Pharmacy Laws & Regulations Flashcards
Which body reviews the drug data provided by the manufacturer to make sure that drugs marketed in the US are safe and effective?
Center for Drug Evaluation & Research (the largest of FDA’s 6 centers)
The drug approval process consists of how many phases?
four phases
Which phase of the drug approval process?
- on animals
- relative safety
- therapeutic potential
pre clinical testing
Between which phases is the IND present?
between pre-clinical and phase I
Which phase of the drug approval process?
- 20-100 healthy volunteers or people with the disease
- safety
- side effects
- PK and PD
phase I
Which phase of the drug approval process?
- 100-300 people with the disease
- efficacy and safety
- find optimum dose or dose range
phase II
Which phase of the drug approval process?
- 300-3000 people with the disease
- efficacy compared to placebo or standard-of-care
- AE
phase III
Which phase of the drug approval process?
- lon term efficacy and safety
- high risk patient monitoring
- other peopulations and new uses
phase IV
Between which clinical phases is the NDA present?
between phase III and IV
If animal research indicates a relatively safe drug with potential therapeutic use, the manufacterer will file an
Investigational new drug (IND)
files to the FDA
What phase of the drug approval process assesses the drug’s safety?
ALL phases
what does IND approval represent?
the FDA’s permission to begin phase I clinical studies in HUMAN subjects
In what phase would you apply for FDA approval if your drug is proving to be promising?
phase III (NDA)
the ________ is used for drugs, and a ___________ is used for biologics
(NDA)
NDA
biologics license application
in order to change a label, add a new indication, add a new dosage strength of a drug or change drug manufacturing processes, a company must submit a
supplemental new drug application (sNDA); or a supplemental biolgoics license application (sBLA)
*this is how off-label uses become official indications
Each OTC category has an OTC monograph that dictates the specific conditions (dosing, labeling, indications) for drugs to be:
“generally recognized as safe and effective”
Which act created an administrative order that allowed the FDA to more easily publish and update OTC monographs? (previously was a 3 phase process)
the CARES act
3/2020
Which adminstrative order process?
requester submits OMOR
FDA files OMOR
FDA issues proposed order
public comments on proposed oder
FDA issues final order
industry-initiated order
Which adminisrtative order process?
FDA issues proposed order
public comments on proposed order
FDA issues final order
FDA-initiated order
Generic drug companies can file one of two abbreviated applications for generic drug approval:
abbreviated new drug application (ANDA)
505 (b)(2) application
This generic drug approval process requires a review of the generic product’s chemistry, the manufacturing controls and the labeling
ANDA
Under an ANDA, a generic drug company must provide study data to establish that the generic drug has the same:
active ingredient
route of adminisrtation
dosage form
strength
as te branded drug!
What is it called when drugs have the same rate and extent of availability at the site of action in the body to the brand drug?
bioequivalent
What can be different between generic and brand?
inactive ingredients (coloring, excipients, binders)
this generic drug approval process allows the manufacturer to submit previously published reports of safety and effectiveness
505b2
*unlike a generic approved by the ANDA, the drug can be marketed in a different strength or formulation than the previously approved product
un approved drug will have an NDC number but will not be lsited in the FDA’s approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations, commonly known as the
orange book
All drugs can cause some adverse events, which should be reported to the
FDA’s medwatch program
Medwatch interacts with FDA’s…
FDA’s adverse event reporting system (FAERS)
___________ is designed to identify AE NOT found in clinical trials
medwatch
Who can submit reports to medwatch?
healthcareprofessionals, includin rph; patients, and consumers
What is the post marketing surveillance component of phase IV?
the manufacturer sends collected reports to the FDA quarterly in the first 3 years, then every year
A drug recall is carried out by the drug company and can be intiated by
the manufacterer or the fda
manufacterers should notify the FDA ___ days prior the withdrawin an approved drug from sale
180 days
prescription drug advertising is regulated by the:
OTC drug advertising is overseen by
FDA
federal trade comission (FTC)