part_subject: "APPLICATIONS FOR FDA APPROVAL TO MARKET A NEW DRUG"
subpart_code: "D"
subpart_subject: "FDA Action on Applications and Abbreviated Applications"
section_number: "314.100"
section_subject: "Timeframes for reviewing applications and abbreviated applications."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 314.100"
title_name: "Title 21"
title_subject: "Food and Drugs"
parts_covered: "Parts 300 to 499"
revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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(a)Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, within 180 days of receipt of an application for a new drug under section 505(b) of the act or an abbreviated application for a new drug under section 505(j) of the act, FDA will review it and send the applicant either an approval letter under § 314.105 or a complete response letter under § 314.110. This 180-day period is called the “initial review cycle.”
(b)At any time before approval, an applicant may withdraw an application under § 314.65 or an abbreviated application under § 314.99 and later submit it again for consideration.
(c)The initial review cycle may be adjusted by mutual agreement between FDA and an applicant or as provided in §§ 314.60 and 314.96, as the result of a major amendment.