Complete response letter
Ocuvex Therapeutics, Inc.brimonidine tartrate ophthalmic suspension
NDA 217363 ·
- Company
- Ocuvex Therapeutics, Inc.
- Application
- NDA 217363
- Letter date
- FDA file
- CRL_NDA217363_20260515_Redacted.pdf
The letter
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 217363 COMPLETE RESPONSE
Ocuvex Therapeutics, Inc. Attention: Anthony Amato
Chief Executive Officer 1 Bridge Plaza, Second Floor Fort Lee, NJ 07024
Dear Anthony Amato:
Please refer to your new drug application (NDA) dated and received October 4, 2022, and your amendments, submitted pursuant to
for brimonidine tartrate ophthalmic suspension 0.35%. Ina letter dated February 24, 2026, we acknowledged receipt of your amendment dated November 18, 2025, which constituted a complete response to our July 11, 2023, action letter. We have completed our review of this application, as amended, and have determined that we cannot 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 Following a CGMP inspection of me,
listed in this application, FDA conveyed deficiencies to the representative of the facility. The facility should provide satisfactory responses to these deficiencies to the FDA office indicated on the FDA 483 prior to your complete response. The facility's satisfactory responses are dependent on FDA's determination that the facility has come into compliance with CGMP and may require re-inspection of the facility. The deficiencies identified during the inspection may not be specific to your pending application, therefore, you should coordinate with the facility for timely resolution. Your complete response should include the date(s) of the facility's response(s) to the FDA Form 483. Please refer to Compliance Program CP 7356.002 for guidance on post inspection activities. Following resolution of the CGMP inspection, FDA may need to conduct a PAI of the facility. Satisfactory outcomes of both the PAI and the CGMP surveillance inspections will be needed prior to an approval of the application.
PRESCRIBING INFORMATION
We reserve comment on the proposed labeling until the application is otherwise adequate. We encourage you to review the labeling review resources on the
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Prescription Drug Labeling Resources! 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 updated content of labeling [21 CFR 314.50(I)(1)(i)] in structured product labeling (SPL) format as described at FDA.gov.$
CARTON AND CONTAINER LABELING
We reserve comment on the proposed labeling until the application is otherwise adequate.
PROPRIETARY NAME
Please refer to our correspondence dated February 13, 2026, which addresses the proposed proprietary name, {). This name was found conditionally acceptable pending approval of the application in the current review cycle. Please resubmit the proposed proprietary name when you respond to all of the application deficiencies that have been identified in this letter.
SAFETY UPDATE
When you respond to the above deficiencies, include a safety update as described at 21 CFR 314.50(d)(5)(vi)(b). The safety update should include data from all nonclinical and clinical studies/trials of the drug under consideration regardless of indication, dosage form, or dose level.
OTHER
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
1 https://www.fda.gov/drugs/laws-acts-and-rules/prescription-drug-labeling-resources
2 https://www.fda.gov/drugs/labeling-information-drug-products/pregnancy-and-lactation-labeling-drugs- final-rule
3 http://www.fda.gov/Forlndustry/DataStandards/StructuredProductLabeling/default.htm
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Silver Spring, MD 20993 www.fda.gov
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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 before the application may be approved. If you wish to have such a meeting, submit your meeting request as described in the draft guidance for industry Formal Meetings Between the FDA and Sponsors or Applicants of PDUFA Products.
The product may not be legally marketed until you have been notified in writing that this application is approved.
If you have any questions, contact
Sincerely,
{See appended electronic signature page}
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Silver Spring, MD 20993 www.fda.gov
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