With the start of GDUFA III in FY 2023, the Generic Drugs Program monthly and quarterly activities reports were combined into one report. Also, reported metrics have been updated to reflect reporting requirements outlined in the GDUFA III Commitment Letter.

GDUFA YEAR ACTIONS BY MONTH Oct-22 Nov-22 Dec-22 Jan-23 Feb-23 Mar-23 Apr-23 May-23 Jun-23 Jul-23 Aug-23 Sep-23 FY-2023
Approvals                          
         First-Time Generics                           
         First-Cycle Approvals                           
         Imminent Actions                          
Tentative Approvals                          
        First-Cycle Tentative Approvals                          
        Imminent Actions                          
Complete Responses                          
Original ANDA Refuse to Receive                          
        Standard                           
        Priority                          
Original Acknowledgements                          
Withdrawals                          
        Approved ANDA                          
        Unapproved ANDA                          
Prior Approval Supplements (PAS)                          
        Approvals                          
        Withdrawals                          
        Refuse to Receive                          
Information Requests                          
        Originals                          
        Supplements                          
Discipline Review Letters                          
        Standard                           
        Priority                          
Drug Master File (DMF) Completeness Assessment                          
“Off-Cycle” Solicited DMF Amendments Reviewed                           
        Priority                          
        Non-Priority                          
Reclassification of a Facility-Based Major Complete Response Letter (CRL) Granted                          
Reclassification of a Facility-Based Major Complete Response Letter (CRL) Denied                          
Pending ANDAs Awaiting FDA Action +                         --
ANDAs Awaiting Applicant Action ++                         --
        Tentative Approvals +++                         --
        Complete Responses ++++                         --
GDUFA YEAR SUBMISSIONS BY MONTH                          
Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDA) *                          
        Complex Products                           
Amendments                          
        Major                          
        Reclassification of a Facility-Based Major CRL
        (included in Major, above)
                         
        Minor                          
        Unsolicited                          
Pre-Submission Facility Correspondence                          
Supplements                          
        Changes Being Effected                          
        Prior Approval Supplements **                          
DMF Payments                          
Requests for Review of DMF prior to ANDA or PAS Submission                          
Controlled Correspondence ***                          
        Level 1                           
        Level 2                          
Controlled Correspondence Requests for Clarification                          
Product Development Meeting                          
Pre-Submission Meeting                          
PSG Teleconference                          
Pre-Submission PSG Meeting                          
Post-Submission PSG Meeting                          
Mid Cycle Review Meeting                          
Enhanced Mid Cycle Review Meeting                          
Post-CRL Clarification-Only Teleconference                          
Post-CRL Scientific Meeting                          

 

GDUFA YEAR APROVAL TIMES BY QUARTER # Q1 (Oct - Dec 2023) Q2 (Jan- Mar 2023) Q3 (Apr - Jun 2023) Q4 (Jul - Sept 2023)
Quarterly Mean Approval Times        
Quarterly Median Approval Times        
Quarterly Mean Tentative Approval Times        
Quarterly Median Tentative Approval Times        

NOTE: Numbers reflect current data at the time of posting and may change based on refreshed counts in our tracking systems, including application status updates.
These numbers are not intended for Congressional reporting purposes.
Unless otherwise noted, indented metrics are included in the count of the non-indented metric above it.

+ = Pending Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs) Awaiting FDA Action are applications currently being reviewed by FDA.

++ = ANDAs Awaiting FDA Action and ANDAs Awaiting Applicant Action represent a snapshot in time for the status of distinct original ANDAs. Many of these applications have been reviewed and found “not approvable” in a previous cycle and have been resubmitted by the applicant for another cycle of review and assessment. These metrics are calculated at the end of the month or just thereafter.

+++ = ANDAs Awaiting Applicant TA are applications that have a status of ‘TA’ or Tentative Approval. If a generic drug product is ready for approval but cannot be approved due to a patent or exclusivity related to the reference listed drug product, FDA issues a tentative approval letter to the applicant, and the tentative approval letter details the basis for the tentative approval. A tentative approval does not allow the applicant to market the generic drug product. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) delays final approval of the generic drug product until all patent or exclusivity issues have been resolved or, in some cases, until a 30-month stay associated with patent litigation has expired.

++++ = Applications Awaiting Applicant Action are applications that have a status of ‘CR’ or Complete Response. These applications have been reviewed by FDA and the data submitted are inadequate to support approval.

* = Original Receipts are reported as raw receipts (versus filed receipts).
** = PAS Supplements do not include REMS PAS supplements.
*** = Controls count only those requests deemed appropriate for a control.

# = Mean/ Median AP/TA calculated as the difference between the first full approval (AP) date or the first Tentative Approval (TA) date and the date the original application was accepted for filing divided by the average number of days per month (30.4375). The unit for each of these metrics is months.

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