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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a Warning Letter to a drug repackaging and relabeling facility located in Pennsylvania. The document summarizes significant deviations from current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). It also addresses Good Distribution Practice (GDP) aspects.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a so-called untitled letter to a US company. The FDA states that the firm violated the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA). Specifically, the letter concerns a former subsidiary of the company that was a licensed pharmacy and wholesale drug distributor.

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The FDA has signed a Mutual Recognition Agreement on GMP inspections with Switzerland. It applies to both human and veterinary medicinal products.

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In October, the US FDA issued a Warning Letter to a US sterile manufacturer due to numerous GMP violations. The inspection, which had already taken place from March to April 2022, had revealed numerous deficiencies. The main reasons for the Warning Letter were cross contamination and microbiological contamination of products.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Warning Letter to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited. During an inspection at the site in Goa, India, several GMP violations were found. The company failed to thoroughly investigate OOS results. In addition, the FDA considers the chromatographic data integration procedure as inadequate.

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There has been a recent accumulation of Warning Letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to manufactures of hand sanitizer products. At the end of November, a further letter was published. In this case, FDA laboratory analyses showed that the ethanol content of several batches was too low. In addition, the FDA has also found numerous GMP violations. There was already a lack of the necessary basic SOPs.

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Observations made by the inspector during an FDA inspection are listed on the FDA Form 483. The FDA has now published the data for the fiscal year 2022. Deficiencies in the stability programme in the area of "drugs" were mentioned in numerous FDA 483 forms.

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Some authorities within the PIC/S want to mutually recognise GMP inspection reports in order to avoid duplication of work. There is now a corresponding statement on this.

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Just recently, we reported on a Warning Letter to an American manufacturer of hand sanitizer drug products. Now another Warning Letter has been published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), also addressed to such products. In this case, it is about a drug manufacturer located in Puerto Rico. In addition to formal GMP violations and inadequate analytical testing, the FDA also criticizes the overall condition of the production facility.

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In a Warning Letter to a US manufacturer, the FDA criticises investigations after deviations in the media fill. Also, derived CAPA measures did not go far enough for the FDA.

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