CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 72-666. Argued April 17, 1973 Decided June 18, 1973 Petitioner sells drug products containing citrus bioflavonoid, an extract from fruit skins, as a principal active ingredient. In the 1950's new drug applications (NDA's) were filed and became effective for seven products, and two were sold without any NDA. After the enactment of the 1962 amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, these products, together with
No. 89-2166. Heard May 9, 1990. Decided July 19, 1990. Daniel R. Dwyer, with whom Peter O. Safir, Kleinfeld, Kaplan and Becker, Mary Morrissey Sullivan, Sullivan, Sullivan Pinta, and Anne S. Davidson, Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corp., were on brief for defendant, appellants. Mary K. Pendergast, Associate Chief Counsel for Enforcement, Food and Drug Administration, with whom Wayne A. Budd, U.S. Atty., Paul G. Levenson, Asst. U.S. Atty., and Margaret Jane Porter, Chief Counsel, Food and Drug Administration
(a) In accordance with this Code section, a pharmacist may substitute: (1) A drug with the same generic name in the same strength, quantity, dose, and dosage form as the prescribed brand name drug product which is, in the pharmacist's reasonable professional opinion, pharmaceutically equivalent; or (2) A biological product with an interchangeable biological product. (b) If a practitioner of the healing arts prescribes: (1) A drug by its generic name, the pharmacist shall dispense the lowest retail
(a) The drugs listed in this paragraph (a) have been determined by rulemaking procedures to be new drugs within the meaning of section 201(p) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. An approved new drug application under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and part 314 of this chapter is required for marketing the following drugs: (1) Aerosol drug products for human use containing 1,1,1-trichloroethane. (2) Aerosol drug products containing zirconium. (3) Amphetamines (amphetamine
(a)Notice of opportunity for hearing. The Director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, will give the applicant, and all other persons who manufacture or distribute identical, related, or similar drug products as defined in § 310.6 of this chapter, notice and an opportunity for a hearing on the Center's proposal to refuse to approve an application or to withdraw the approval of an application or abbreviated application under section 505(e) of the act. The
(a) The Food and Drug Administration's conclusions on the effectiveness of drugs are currently being published in the FEDERAL REGISTER as Drug Efficacy Study Implementation (DESI) Notices and as Notices of Opportunity for Hearing. The specific products listed in these notices include only those that were introduced into the market through the new drug procedures from 1938-62 and were submitted for review by the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council (NAS-NRC), Drug Efficacy Study
The Food and Drug Administration's policy in administering the new-drug, antibiotic, and other regulatory provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act regarding fixed combination dosage form prescription drugs for humans is as follows: (a) Two or more drugs may be combined in a single dosage form when each component makes a contribution to the claimed effects and the dosage of each component (amount, frequency, duration) is such that the combination is safe and effective for a significant
(a) Over the years since 1938 the Food and Drug Administration has given informal advice to inquirers as to the new drug status of preparations. These drugs have sometimes been identified only by general statements of composition. Generally, such informal opinions were incorporated in letters that did not explicitly relate all of the necessary conditions and qualifications such as the quantitative formula for the drug and the conditions under which it was prescribed, recommended, or suggested. This
(a) A number of active ingredients have been present in OTC drug products for various uses, as described below. However, based on evidence currently available, there are inadequate data to establish general recognition of the safety and effectiveness of these ingredients for the specified uses: (1)Topical acne drug products. Alcloxa Alkyl isoquinolinium bromide Aluminum chlorohydrex Aluminum hydroxide Benzocaine Benzoic acid Boric acid Calcium polysulfide Calcium thiosulfate Camphor Chloroxylenol
(a) Antihistamines, bromides, and scopolamine compounds, either singly or in combinations, have been marketed as ingredients in over-the-counter (OTC) drug products for use as daytime sedatives. The following claims have been made for daytime sedative products: "occasional simple nervous tension," "nervous irritability," "nervous tension headache," "simple nervousness due to common every day overwork and fatigue," "a relaxed feeling," "calming down and relaxing," "gently soothe away the tension,"