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Indian drugmakers are once again under scrutiny as the FDA issues warning letters and import alerts to India’s Pan Drugs Limited, Sipra Labs and Polydrug Laboratories. Read More
The FDA has released a final guidance allowing it to destroy certain drug imports valued at $2,500 or less that have been refused admission into the country in an attempt to boost the integrity of the drug supply chain. Read More
Drugmakers should notify the FDA and any affected trading partner within 24 hours of encountering suspected counterfeit products to prevent or limit them from entering or being distributed in the supply chain, the agency says in a notice published in the Federal Register. Read More
Despite industry concerns that ICH’s proposed new limits on metals are too strict, the organization released final guidance on elemental impurities in finished drugs that appears little changed from an earlier draft. Read More
Merck is recalling thousands of bottles of Temodar and temozolomide capsules, because cracks in the caps have rendered the child-resistant closure ineffective. Read More
Contract manufacturer Pernix Manufacturing received an 11-observation Form 483 for a litany of cGMP violations, including failing to investigate complaints about caterpillars and poppy seeds in vials of finished product. Read More
The FDA is questioning Mylan’s ability to achieve overall GMP compliance at three injectables manufacturing plants in India after finding serious deviations that should have been corrected after the drugmaker acquired Agila in December 2013. Read More
Baxter Healthcare is recalling 139,104 bags of 0.9 percent sodium chloride injection produced at the company’s maligned Jayuya, Puerto Rico, facility following complaints of mold on the interior surface of the overpouch — the firm’s ninth recall since December 2013. Read More
Despite having been closed for more than a year with no plan to reopen, the FDA issued a warning letter to Specialty Medicine Compounding Pharmacy for a litany of cGMP violations, including poor sterile processing controls. Read More
Active pharmaceutical ingredient maker Pan Drugs was hit with an FDA warning letter and import alert after an inspection revealed significant data integrity and cGMP issues. Read More