Every year, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) publishes the user fee amounts it will collect from manufacturers of pharmaceuticals, generic drugs, biosimilars and medical devices in the coming financial year. The fee for fiscal year 2025 under the Generic Drug User Fee Act (GDUFA) was published on July 31, 2024.The GDUFA, established in 2012, authorizes FDA to assess
and collect fees from drug manufacturers to expedite the delivery of safe,
high-quality, and affordable generic drugs to the American public.The FDA’s facility payments list under GDUFA reveals that as
of November 14, 2024, 1,397 facilities had paid their registration fees for
financial year 2025. Of these facilities, 707 or 50.6 percent are active
pharmaceutical ingredients (API) facilities, 405 or 29 percent are finished dosage
forms (FDF) facilities, 69 (4.9 percent) are facilities that produce both APIs
and FDFs, and 216 (15.5 percent) are contract manufacturing services (CMO)
sites.Teva Pharmaceuticals, with 29 facility registrations, led the list of companies, followed by Aurobindo Pharma, Sun Pharma, and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories.
Fiscal year
Facility Registrations
2016
1,425
2017
1,442
2018
1,269
2019
1,286
2020
1,300
2021
1,340
2022
1,385
2023
1,394
2024
1,447
2025
1,397
Generic Drug Facilities Registered with the US FDA for FY2025 (Free Excel Available)India continues to lead with
396 facilities, US and China follow India maintains its dominance in total facility registrations with the FDA, registering 396 facilities for FY2025. This includes 214 API facilities, 135 FDF facilities, 21 facilities engaged in both API and FDF activities, and 26 CMO facilities.The United States holds the second position with 328 facilities,
while China strengthened its third position with 197 facilities.With 214 API facilities, India continues to have the largest share
of API manufacturing sites, outmatching the combined total of China (128) and
the US (83), which together account for 211 facilities. Among European
manufacturers, Italy leads with 59 API manufacturing sites, followed by Spain
(30) and Germany (25).The US has maintained its lead in FDF facilities with 143 sites,
followed closely by India with 135 sites and China with 45 sites.
Country
API
FDF
Both
CMO
Total
India
214
135
21
26
396
US
83
143
13
89
328
China
128
45
12
12
197
Italy
59
3
2
19
83
Germany
25
4
1
15
45
Spain
30
9
1
4
44
Canada
7
17
13
37
Taiwan
9
6
5
4
24
Switzerland
15
4
4
23
France
16
6
22
Japan
18
1
19
United
Kingdom
12
1
2
15
Mexico
9
1
1
11
Ireland
5
5
1
11
Generic Drug Facilities Registered with the US FDA for FY2025 (Free Excel Available) GDUFA III user fee rates
increase across categories for FY25The GDUFA, which was reauthorized on September 30, 2022 (as GDUFA
III), continues with provisions that will last until September 30, 2027. In
July 2024, the FDA published updated user fee rates for FY2025.The facility fees have seen increases across all categories. API
facility fees increased by 3 percent for domestic sites (to US$ 41,580) and 2
percent for foreign sites (to US$ 56,580). FDF facility fees rose by 5 percent
for both domestic (to US$ 231,952) and foreign sites (to US$ 246,952). CMO
facility fees increased by 5 percent for domestic sites (to US$ 55,668) and 4
percent for foreign sites (to US$ 70,668).Additionally, the fee for large-, medium- and small-sized drug
applicants has increased by over 9 percent, compared to the 7 percent increase
seen in 2023. Generic Drug Facilities Registered with the US FDA for FY2025 (Free Excel Available) China leads new facility
registrations as FDA records 41 new units in FY25Out of the total 1,397 facilities registered for FY2025, 41 were
new registrations (going
by Facility FDA Establishment Identifier numbers).
China led the way with 13 new facilities, followed closely by India with 11 new
facilities, while the US secured the third position with eight new facilities.The new registrations included 15 API facilities, 13 CMO facilities, 12 FDF facilities, and one facility engaged in both API and FDF activities. Chinese companies dominated the new FDF registrations with six
facilities: Chengdu Shuode Pharma, Chengdu Suncadia Medicine, Cipla (Jiangsu), GE Healthcare (Shanghai), Luoxin Aurovitas
Pharma (Chengdu), and Zhejiang Xianju Pharma.India added two new FDF facilities through Eugia Steriles and Zydus Pharma. Malaysia registered two FDF
facilities through Novugen Pharma and Novugen Oncology, while Turkey’s Insud Pharma subsidiary Exeltis and US’ RK Pharma registered one FDF facility
each.The 13 new CMO facilities included, Acme Generics, Emcure, Esjay Pharma, Fordoz Pharma, Fourrts Laboratories, Laboratoires KABS, PharmaMax, Quality Packaging
Specialists International, Ritsa Pharma, Shanghai Aucyun Pharma, Sichuan Huiyu Pharma, Taejoon Pharm, and Tubilux Pharma.In the API category, the 15 new registrations included Acharya Chemicals, Hainan Poly Pharma, CBL Patras, EUROAPI, Hybio Pharma, Medilux Laboratories, Metrochem API, Purolite, Chengdu Easton Biopharma, Sionc Pharma, Smithfield Bioscience, Xttrium Laboratories, Zhejiang Hengkang Pharma, Moehs Iberica and Shilpa Pharma. Armstrong Pharmaceuticals registered the sole facility
for both APIs and FDFs.So far, 92 facilities have not renewed their registration. Among
these was a facility owned by Sandoz subsidiary Eon Labs in Wilson, North Carolina
(US), which is permanently closed. In fact, the geographical distribution of
non-renewals shows that 30 facilities were from the US, while India and China
accounted for 14 and nine non-renewals respectively. Generic Drug Facilities Registered with the US FDA for FY2025 (Free Excel Available) Our viewThe FY 2025 GDUFA facility registration data indicates a continued
strong presence of Indian manufacturers in the US generic drug market,
particularly in API production. However, China's leadership in new facility
registrations, especially in FDF manufacturing, suggests that the global
generic drug supply chain landscape may evolve considerably in the coming
years.
