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The FDA slammed a Chinese active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturer for using a supplier of potentially contaminated heparin and for restricting access during an inspection. Read More
The FDA was not happy that Elite Laboratories’ quality unit failed to validate and review various product batches before distribution, landing the generic drug maker a Form 483. Read More
Drugmakers Sagent and Baxter Healthcare recently recalled products due to labeling mix-ups, a common quality problem that one expert says can be easily solved through an additional examination by personnel. Read More
The FDA late Tuesday unveiled a broad plan that will change the way it inspects drugmakers, approves recalls, issues and reviews enforcement decisions, screens imports and tests products for quality, with drugmakers likely to start feeling the impact by the end of 2015. Read More
A large Texas compounder has rejected the FDA’s formal request to recall all of its sterile products after an inspection found 22 contaminated lots, a stance that means the dispute could move to court. Read More
More than a year after being warned by the FDA for poor quality, Alexion Pharmaceuticals received a fresh Form 483 for problems surrounding gowning procedures and other quality issues. Read More
A new report from the Italian Medicines Agency says that 10 percent of Italian hospitals experience pharmaceutical thefts, a problem that the European pharmaceutical industry hopes to end with a pan-European verification system set to go live by 2017. Read More
Shuttered Boehringer Ingelheim subsidiary Ben Venue continues to create quality headaches for the German manufacturer with the recall of a chemotherapy drug due to a container defect. Read More
Compounding pharmacies are asking the FDA to overhaul its guidance for interim good manufacturing practices, contending the recommendations for such things as the cleanliness of air filters and presence of particulates are unclear and subjective. Read More