Compounded Drug Products That Are Essentially Copies

U. S. FDA has produced a draft guidance document titled “Compounded Drug Products That Are Essentially Copies of a Commercially Available Drug Product Under Section 503A of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.”

Section 503A, added to the FD&C Act by the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act in 1997 and amended by the Drug Quality and Security Act in 2013, describes the conditions that must be satisfied for human drug products compounded by a licensed pharmacist in a State-licensed pharmacy or Federal facility, or by a licensed physician, to qualify for exemptions from the FD&C Act.

To qualify for exemptions under section 503A of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act or the Act), a drug product must be compounded by a licensed pharmacist or physician who does not compound regularly or in inordinate amounts any drug products that are essentially copies of a commercially available drug product, among other conditions. This guidance sets forth the FDA’s policies regarding this provision of section 503A, including the terms commercially available, essentially a copy of a commercially available drug product, and regularly or in inordinate amounts.

The document can be found here: FDA



Posted by Dr. Tim Sandle