Last week, FDA did something unprecedented (although not unexpected, at least by this blogger)! And based on the absence of any reporting in the trade press or online chatter, nobody seems to have taken note of FDA’s decision. In a November 6, 2017 response to a June 9, 2017 Citizen Petition (Docket No. FDA-2017-P-3672) submitted by Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Millennium”) concerning the company’s drug product VELCADE (bortezomib) for Injection, 3.5 mg/vial (NDA 021602), FDA – apparently for the first time ever – ruled that the Agency will allow a generic drug manufacturer to “carve-up” brand-name labeling and “carve-in” to generic drug labeling a condition of use that no longer appears in brand-name labeling.