Global harmonization of immediate-release solid oral drug product bioequivalence recommendations and the impact on generic drug development

Published 2023. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA. Clinical and Translational Science published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics..

Immediate-release (IR) solid oral drug products constitute a significant portion of approved drug products and products under development. Bioequivalence (BE) assessment for these oral products is important for establishing therapeutic equivalence for generic products to their respective comparator products. In December 2022, the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) published the first new draft guideline on BE for IR solid oral dosage forms (M13A). To support the development of ICH M13A, we comprehensively reviewed the landscape of oral IR products approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and compared BE recommendations for these products in the current U.S. FDA and European Medicines Agency (EMA) BE guidances. We utilized databases including DrugsFDA, Orange Book, and product-specific guidances (PSGs) published on the U.S. FDA and EMA websites to collect information. Oral IR products account for 46% of all FDA-approved new drug applications currently listed in Orange Book with 82.5% solids, 0.9% semi-solids, and 16.6% liquids. For all published U.S. FDA PSGs for solid oral IR products, in vivo BE studies with pharmacokinetic (PK) endpoints account for 88% of BE approaches recommended. Of these PK BE studies, 86.5% recommended fasting and fed BE studies, while only 15.9% EMA PSGs recommended both fasting and fed BE studies. This review helps clarify the scope of U.S. solid oral IR products impacted by the new ICH M13A draft guideline and demonstrates how recommendations in draft ICH M13A could significantly harmonize BE recommendations for IR oral products to facilitate global drug development.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Clinical and translational science - 16(2023), 12 vom: 31. Dez., Seite 2756-2764

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kotsybar, Joseph [VerfasserIn]
Hakeem, Susan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Wenlei [VerfasserIn]

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Drugs, Generic
Journal Article
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Review

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Date Completed 16.12.2023

Date Revised 17.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/cts.13670

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NLM363962808