Opportunity for Hearing on a Proposal to Withdraw Approval of Prescription Polyethylene Glycol 3350 Abbreviated New Drug Applications

摘要

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to withdraw approval of the following abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) for drug products containing polyethylene glycol 3350 (PEG 3350) labeled for prescription only use: ANDA 76-652 held by Schwarz Pharma, Inc.; ANDA 77-736 held by Kali Laboratories, Inc.; ANDA 77-706 held by Nexgen Pharma Inc. (formerly known as Anabolic Laboratories, Inc.); ANDA 77-893 held by Coastal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and ANDA 77- 445 held by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. (collectively, the PEG 3350 ANDAs). The proposal is based on the switch of MiraLax from prescription only ("Rx only") to over-the-counter (OTC) use. This switch was pursuant to the submission of a new drug application (NDA) for MiraLax (NDA 22-015), which was approved by the agency on October 6, 2006, establishing that PEG 3350 may be used safely and effectively without the supervision of a licensed healthcare professional. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act) does not permit both Rx and OTC versions of the same drug product to be marketed at the same time. Under the act, a drug to which the prescription provisions of the act do not apply (i.e., an OTC drug)