Sunday, 28 April 2019

FAQs on New Drug


What is a “new drug”?


A new drug means;
i.     a drug, including active pharmaceutical ingredient or phytopharmaceutical drug, which  has  not  been  used  in  the  country  to  any  significant  extent  has  not  been approved  as  safe  and  efficacious  by  Central  Licencing  Authority  (CLA)  i.e. DCG(I) with respect to its claims; or
ii.     a drug approved by the CLA for certain claims and proposed to be marketed with modified or new claims including indication, route of administration, dosage and dosage form; or
iii.     a fixed dose combination of two or more drugs, approved by CLA separately for certain claims and proposed to be combined for the first time in a fixed ratio, or where  the  ratio  of  ingredients  in  an  approved  combination  is  proposed  to  be changed with certain claims including indication, route of administration, dosage and dosage form; or
iv.     a modified or sustained release form of a drug or novel drug delivery system of any drug approved by the Central Licencing Authority; or
v.     a  vaccine,  r-DNA  derived  product,  living  modified  organism,  monoclonal  anti- body, stem cell derived product, gene therapeutic product or xenografts, intended to be used as drug;


What is a “subsequent new drug”?


A subsequent new drug means a drug approved by the Central Licencing Authority for certain  claims  and  proposed  to  be  marketed  with  modified  or  new  claims  including indication, route of administration, dosage and dosage form. A subsequent new drug also includes a new drug already approved in the country.

What is an “orphan drugs”?


An “orphan drug” means a drug intended to treat a condition which affects not more than 5 lakh persons in India

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