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The USA FDA has issued a Warning Letter to a pharmaceutical manufacturer for failing to adequately address numerous deficiencies identified during an inspection.

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The new annual report of the GMP/GDP Inspectors Working Group has been published and gives a brief but good overview of what is new in 2021. There has also been movement on the MRA with the USA.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a new Warning Letter to an American drug manufacturer. The company retested failing lots with unvalidated test methods until passing results were obtained. Other deficiencies concern the cleaning validation, the stability program and HPLC data integrity.

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A pharmaceutical company in Poland received a Warning Letter from FDA without ever having been inspected on site. It was issued purely on the basis of a remote evaluation.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a Warning Letter to a Californian firm that utilizes Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs) to manufacture nasal spray products. The FDA criticises the lack of a quality unit (QU), an insufficient investigation into microbial contamination and an inadequate stability program.

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A frequently asked question in courses on product / technology transfer is: Is a transfer plan a required GMP document?

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In March 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a Form 483 to Cadila Healthcare’s sterile injectable manufacturing site in Jarod, India. Among other observations, it came out that the stability program is not followed to complete the testing within the predefined time frame. Some tests were even delayed by more than 120 days.

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is trying to revive its somewhat forgotten Quality Metrics Reporting Program. Now the FDA is asking for specific feedback.

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In March 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Warning Letter to an American over-the-counter (OTC) drug product manufacturer due to significant violations of Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP). The violations were related to identity testing, training, calibration, qualification and quality unit oversight.

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Due to the Corona pandemic and the resulting changes in working conditions, a new type of inspection was needed in addition to classical on site inspections of API manufacturing facilities and paper-based GMP assessments. For this purpose, the pilot project for so-called "Real-Time Remote Inspections (RTEMIS)" was created.

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