RE: Afternoon Ivyspivey2 Jun 2019 21:48
I found it hard to believe as well and then I found this.
The NDA
The NDA (38) includes all data concerning the drug; all information about the manufacturing process and facilities, quality control, and assurance; a complete product description (chemical formula, specifications, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacokinetics); indications; labeling; and proposed risk evaluation and mitigation processes if applicable. A typical NDA can run 100,000 pages, and according to the Office of the Federal Register, the application fee in 2016 for an NDAe that requires clinical data is $2,374,200 39, 40. The FDA has 60 days to determin if they will file the application once it is received (41).
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452302X1600036X