At the beginning of each year, the US FDA posts the previous year’s Form 483 observation metrics issued by each product center. Image Source: FDA I find that reviewing these metrics provides a...
Quality & Compliance
The 21st Century Cures Act, (Passed December 13, 2016), represents three years of cooperation between Congress, the FDA, and industry to modernize the current legal framework within which the FDA...
The recent passage of the 21st Century Cures Act (passed December 13, 2016) marks a significant milestone for medical device and drug development. I recently attended a meeting held by the Food and...
For a number of years, discrepancy and failure investigations within the pharmaceutical industry have been populating the Top 3 of a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Observation list....
Those of you in the pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device industries who encounter process and product problems on a regular basis, you likely grimace when one lands in your lap. There is a...
As Phase I clinical trials mark the first time that an investigational new drug is administered to humans, these studies are subject to appropriate current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) in...
Quality & Compliance
Starting with the issuance of a 483, the stepwise FDA enforcement process can be illustrated as follows: Given the seriousness of a Seizure and Injunction scenario, not to mention potential jail time...
If you’ve spent a reasonable amount of time in an FDA-regulated industry, you’ve most likely been part of an FDA inspection. Should you be more fortunate, you have participated directly with the...
Regulatory Sciences
On May 5, 2015, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the final guidance on Providing Regulatory Submissions in electronic format. The guidance implements the electronic submission...
In June 2014, the FDA issued two draft social media guidance documents that may not clearly answer all of the questions that the drug and device industries have about how to use social media to...