Quality & Compliance
GMP
November 18, 2016
#7: Quality Systems Approach to Pharmaceutical CGMP Regulations
In August 2002, the FDA announced the Pharmaceutical CGMPs for the 21st Century Initiative, which explained FDA’s intent of integrating quality systems and risk management approaches, and had a goal...
Quality & Compliance
GMP
August 24, 2016
FDA Embarks on Warning Letter “Rampage”
Last week the FDA released an astonishing 23 warning letters along with an import alert to a number of companies located across the globe. According to a recent article from Law360, the letters were...
Quality & Compliance
GMP
August 9, 2016
FDA Issues Warning Letter to Chinese API Manufacturer After Lying to the Agency During Inspection
Late last month, FDA released a warning letter that had been sent to Xiamen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., outlining a number of “significant deviations from current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) for...
Quality & Compliance
GMP
July 21, 2016
FDA Outlines Policies for Compounding Drug Products That Are Essentially Copies of Approved Drugs Under Section 503B of the FD&C Act
In our preceding FDA News article, we focused on the content of the first draft guidance, which addresses restrictions concerning the compounding of drug products that are essentially copies of...
Quality & Compliance
GMP
July 12, 2016
FDA Addresses Extrapolating Adult Data for Pediatric Use
In 2004, the FDA issued a guidance document, entitled “Premarket Assessment of Pediatric Medical Devices.” The guidance stated that, when consistent with scientific principles, data can be...
Quality & Compliance
GMP
June 22, 2016
FDA Issues Draft Guidance On Quality Attributes to Consider When Developing Chewable Tablets, Part One: Introduction & Overview
On Thursday, June 17th the FDA issued a draft guidance entitled “Quality Attribute Considerations for Chewable Tablets.” The document “describes the critical quality attributes that should be...
Quality & Compliance
GMP
June 21, 2016
Whole Foods Receives Warning from FDA for Numerous Violations at Manufacturing Facility
On Wednesday, June 8th, the FDA issued a warning letter to Whole Foods Markets Inc., citing the company’s Everett, Massachusetts manufacturing facility for several GMP violations. The violations...
Quality & Compliance
GMP
June 15, 2016
FDA Releases Guidance on Nonclinical Studies for Osteoporosis Drugs
On June 13, FDA released a new pharmacology/toxicology guidance providing guidance on nonclinical studies to support the approval of drugs intended for the treatment of osteoporosis. This guidance...
Quality & Compliance
GMP
April 26, 2016
FDA Draft Guidance Addresses Increase in Data Integrity Violations
In mid-April 2016, the FDA published a draft guidance clarifying the role of data integrity in current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) for drug products, as required under 21 CFR parts 210, 211,...