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The Australian TGA is planning to publish GMP certificates on its website and is looking for feedback on this idea in a Consultation Paper and survey.

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A recent FDA Warning Letter exposes gaps in equipment suitability, facility upkeep, and quality oversight and shows how an empowered QU can prevent these failures before they reach the inspection room.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a new Warning Letter to a drug manufacturing facility in Illinois. The agency highlights three interlinked failures: insufficient incoming-material testing, lack of stability data to justify expiry, and data integrity / quality unit oversight weaknesses.

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In the pharmaceutical industry, the management of impurities - in particular, control via suitable analytical methods and reporting requirements - is clearly regulated. The main requirements are set out in the ICH Q3B(R2) guideline. What are the requirements for testing for impurities in the pharmaceutical industry?

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Find out what the GMP Auditor Association was working on and accomplished in the first four months of 2026 - in the latest report.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a new Warning Letter to a drug manufacturing facility in South Korea, illustrating how missing method validation can rapidly escalate from a QC topic to a broader compliance, supply, and market-access issue.

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In September 2025, the FDA inspected a Chinese active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturer and identified serious non-compliance with GMP requirements. The violations relate to the structural condition of the facilities, manufacturing procedures and risks of cross-contamination. Read more.

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In both the EU and the US, it is illegal to place a medicinal product on the market without a marketing authorisation. This raises the question: What do you need to know from a GMP perspective about medicinal product authorisations in the EU and the US?

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During the inspection of a manufacturer of PET drug products in June 2025, the FDA identified numerous GMP deficiencies and violations of 21 CFR Part 212. PET drug products (Positron Emission Tomography Drugs) are short-lived radiopharmaceutical injection preparations used in nuclear medicine diagnostics. The deficiencies have now been detailed in a Warning Letter. Read more here.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Warning Letter to an EU-based OTC drug manufacturer (Czech Republic) after reviewing documents submitted after a request for records and other information. Key findings include missing incoming material identity testing, no stability program despite labeled expiry dates, inadequate process validation, insufficient method validation and microbiological control, and incomplete laboratory documentation.

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