After Ignoring Letters From US FDA, Teva And Cipla Will Have ANDAs Withdrawn

Watson (now Teva) and InvaGen (now Cipla) failed to submit new bioequivalence data following enforcement action against Cetero Research.

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After a six year effort, the US Food and Drug Administration has run out of patience with Watson Laboratories Inc. and InvaGen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and is moving to withdraw approval of two of their abbreviated new drug applications because the firms failed to conduct additional bioequivalence studies for the products.

The companies' ANDAs were supported by bioequivalence studies conducted by Cetero Research, the contract research organization that the agency concluded...

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