Complete response letter
AB Pharmaceuticals, LLCEfavirenz, Lamivudine and Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Tablets, 400 mg/300 mg/300 mg
NDA 210649 ·
- Company
- AB Pharmaceuticals, LLC
- Application
- NDA 210649
- Letter date
- FDA center
- Division of Antiviral Products, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
- FDA file
- 210649_2019_Orig1s000OtherActionLtrs.pdf
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As published in FDA’s complete response letter transparency release (export 2026-08-26). The text is machine-read from FDA’s PDF, so spacing and spelling errors are artifacts of that process; (b) (4) marks FDA’s own redactions.
NDA 210649 COMPLETE RESPONSE
AB Pharmaceuticals, LLC
U.S. Agent for Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited, India Attention: Andrej Gasperlin, President
17471 Highland Way Drive
Chesterfield, MO 63005
Dear Mr. Gasperlin:
Please refer to your New Drug Application (NDA) dated and received September 14, 2017, and your amendments, submitted pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for the following drug product:
> Efavirenz, Lamivudine and Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Tablets, 400 mg/300 mg/300 mg
We have completed our review of this application, as amended, and have determined that we cannot tentatively approve this application in its present form. We have described our reasons for this action below and, where possible, our recommendations to address these issues.
FACILITY INSPECTIONS
1. During a recent inspection of the Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited - (FEI # 3007517881) manufacturing facility for this NDA, our field investigator observed objectionable conditions at the facility and conveyed that information to the representative of the facility at the close of the inspection. Satisfactory resolution of the observations is required before this NDA may be tentatively approved.
PRESCRIBING INFORMATION
2. We reserve comment on the proposed labeling until the application is otherwise adequate. We encourage you to review the labeling review resources on the PLR Requirements for Prescribing Information and Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Final Rule websites, including regulations and related guidance documents and the Selected Requirements for Prescribing Information (SRPI) — a checklist of important format items from labeling regulations and guidances.
If you revise labeling, use the SRPI checklist to ensure that the prescribing information conforms with format items in regulations and guidances. Your response must include
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updated content of labeling [21 CFR 314.50(1)(1)(i)] in structured product labeling (SPL) format as described at http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/DataStandards/StructuredProductLabeling/default.htm
Within one year after the date of this letter, you are required to resubmit or take other actions available under 21 CFR 314.110. If you do not take one of these actions, we may consider your lack of response a request to withdraw the application under 21 CFR 314.65. You may also request an extension of time in which to resubmit the application.
A resubmission must fully address all the deficiencies listed in this letter and should be clearly marked with "RESUBMISSION" in large font, bolded type at the beginning of the cover letter of the submission. The cover letter should clearly state that you consider this resubmission a complete response to the deficiencies outlined in this letter. A partial response to this letter will not be processed as a resubmission and will not start a new review cycle.
You may request a meeting or teleconference with us to discuss what steps you need to take efore the application may be approved. If you wish to have such a meeting, submit your meeting request as described in the draft FDA Guidance for Industry, “Formal Meetings Between the FDA and Sponsors or Applicants of PDUFA Products,” March 2015 at ttp://www.fda.gov/downloads/drugs/guidancecomplianceregulatoryinformation/guidances/ucm 43743 L.pdf.
The drug product is not eligible for procurement under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program until you have been notified in writing that the application is tentatively approved.
f you have any questions, please call Monica Zeballos, Program Coordinator, at (301) 796-0840. Sincerely yours, {See appended electronic signature page} Jeffrey Murray, M.D., M.P.H. Deputy Director Division of Antiviral Products
Office of Antimicrobial Products Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
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This is a representation of an electronic record that was signed electronically and this page is the manifestation of the electronic signature.
JEFFREY S MURRAY 03/13/2018
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