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Orally Disintegrating Tablets Guidance for Industry December 2008

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Final
Docket Number:
FDA-2007-D-0365
Issued by:
Guidance Issuing Office
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

This guidance provides pharmaceutical manufacturers of new and generic drug products with an Agency perspective on the definition of an orally disintegrating tablet (ODT)—which is a different dosage form than, for example, a chewable tablet or a tablet that should be swallowed whole with liquid—and also provides recommendations to applicants who would like to designate proposed products as ODTs.

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