Merck's New Drug Approved by US FDA

The FDA has informed Merck in the letter that before approval of the NDA can be issued, additional manufacturing validation and stability data are required as well as certain additional data. Merck is working to provide the information requested and plans to submit the data within the next few months. Once a response to the approvable letter has been submitted, FDA review of the application is targeted to be approximately six months from submission of the response, per current FDA policy.

The application for EMEND For Injection and receipt of the approvable letter does not relate in any way to the manufacturing and availability of the oral formulation of EMEND, which utilizes a completely different manufacturing process and remains available for patient use.
-MERCK