ACCURATE ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A 2025
"abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) - CORRECT ANSWER=> the process by which applicants
must scientifically demonstrate to the FDA that their generic product is bioequivalent to or performs in
the same way as the innovator drug, no duplicate testing (p. 75)"
"the Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984 - CORRECT ANSWER=> -A.K.A. Drug Price Competition and Patent
Restoration Act
-made it easier to bring generic drugs to the market by requiring the FDA to only look at bioavailability
studies in order to approve an ANDA.
-gave protection to the research based manufacturers by providing a 30-month automatic cooling off
period once an ANDA is challenged for patent infringement (p. 75)"
"Drug Utilization Review (DUR) programs - CORRECT ANSWER=> -involve retrospective monitoring of
physicians' prescribing patterns
-more than 90% of HMOs require DURs
-nowadays mostly monitors cost savings (p. 181)"
"independent vs dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWER=> An independent variable is the one that
influences the variation. A dependent variable is the variable being tested and measured in a scientific
experiment (the result of applying the independent variable)."
“what does a STAT order mean? - CORRECT ANSWER=> a drug needed immediately and given only
once"
"what information does the overdosage section of the labeling provide? - CORRECT ANSWER=> signs,
symptoms and treatment of acute overdoses"
"types of drug-drug interactions: - CORRECT ANSWER=> duplication, opposition (antagonism) and
alteration (p.51)"
"tolerance vs resistance - CORRECT ANSWER=> tolerance is the diminished response to a drug;
resistance is the cells ability to resist the effects of the drug on them."
"four basic transport mechanisms - CORRECT ANSWER=> passive diffusion, facilitated diffusion, active
transport, and pinocytosis (p. 95)"
"the four phases of clinical trials - CORRECT ANSWER=> phases I-IV (P. 124-126)"