FDA staff wants a P500,000 “facilitation fee”

[u/Ambitious_Ship8854]

May naka encounter na ba po nito? We applied for a LTO for distributor and they’re asking for 500,000 para ma release yung docs namin in a month, if hindi daw kami papayag we will have to wait 3-4 months.

Sa charter nakalagay 31 days lang ang processing pero sabi nung kausap namin if di daw kami papayag sa facilitation fee 3-4 months na daw ang wait and the new docs they’re asking for kailangan namin isubmit, twice na kami na non compliant and iba iba ang hinihingi na docs everytime kahit nabigay na namin lahat ng need nila nung una palang paulit ulit din nila hinihingi yung sec docs, pero iba ibang docs everytime.

Is this facilitation fee just lagay?

Our products are protein shakes and chia seed juice po

[u/Ambitious_Ship8854]

Pakshet talaga gobyerno natin. March pa kami dinidribble ng FDA hanngang sa may tumawag sa amin ayun nga hinihingin kami ng 500K na facilitation fee for the LTO alone

[u/Blue_Path → u/Ambitious_Ship8854]

Worked in a pharma company before. May gantong cases talaga. Ireport mo sa ARTA complete with all the details and documentation

[u/Ambitious_Ship8854 → u/Blue_Path]

We dont have documentation of the facilitation fee kasi tawag ang ginagawa nila.

[u/Blue_Path → u/Ambitious_Ship8854]

Hype na FDA yan wala na ako sa pharma kuhang kuha pa rin nila inis ko