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FIFO, FEFO and LIFO are the three main strategies for warehouse management. But what do the three abbreviations actually stand for and what exactly do they mean?

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After the publication of the Guidance for "Remote Interactive Evaluations", FDA has updated its "Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and  Drug and Biological Product  Inspections During COVID-19 Public  Health Emergency Questions and Answers Guidance for Industry" with some further clarifications.

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The UK MHRA has established a new GMDP database with information issued by the MHRA and from EudraGMDP relating to manufacturing, wholesale authorisations and certificates and non-compliance statements.

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From March 2020 to March 2021, the FDA carried out 821 mission-critical inspections, but only 49 of these were in the area of "Human Drugs". A recent report provides details and an outlook.

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An inspection by the Dutch authority in February revealed a number of deficiencies at a manufacturer of advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs). The Non Compliance Report that was published shows which of these were critical.

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In April 2021, the U.S. FDA issued a Warning Letter to a Colombian API manufacturer due to significant violations of cGMP regulations for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs).

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It has been recently reported in the press that there was a mix-up in the manufacturing of the J&J Covid-19 vaccine at a contract manufacturer. Already one year before, considerable quality deficiencies were found at the site. Now the site had to stop producing for now.

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The competent authority of Romania (National Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices of Romania) has entered a new GPD Non-Compliance Report dated 15 April 2021 into the EudraGMDP database.

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The Competent Authority of Germany (Bezirksregierung Düsseldorf) has entered a new GPD Non-Compliance Report dated into the EudraGMDP database due to serious GDP violations at a German wholesaler. The case involves trading of falsified medicinal products and storage of expired medicinal products in regular stock. Furthermore, there are doubts on the reliability of the Reponsible Person and the CEO due to an ongoing criminal procedure.

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Teleconferencing, livestreaming sessions and screen-sharing technologies will be used by the FDA in future remote evaluations- but these remote evaluations will not be considered inspections.

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