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Homeopathic drugs could face greater regulatory scrutiny by the FDA, as the agency weighs whether its existing regulations and enforcement policies are sufficient to deal with the dramatic uptick in natural products on the U.S. market. Read More
A global regulatory group is following the EU’s lead in recommending that drugmakers use a risk-management approach to qualify and validate manufacturing processes. Read More
To ensure data integrity, drugmakers should implement data controls in their manufacturing processes aligned with the risk to product quality, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency says. Read More
Drugmakers seeking approval of products with hormonal effects should submit an assessment with their applications that evaluates whether they would be harmful if released into the environment. Read More
Reckitt Benckiser is voluntarily recalling 1.5 million units of four varieties of its Mucinex liquid cold medicines nationwide because the back labels may not show they contain acetaminophen and other active ingredients. Read More
Beleaguered Indian generics maker Wockhardt said Tuesday it will recall all remaining batches of 12 to 15 products from the U.S. that were manufactured at its Waluj and Chikalthana, India, plants, due to quality concerns. Read More
Particulates continue to be a major cause of recalled injectables, with Mylan late last month recalling eight lots of four drugs after foreign matter was found during quality control tests. Read More
The FDA slapped warning letters on two more drug outsourcing facilities for sloppy sterile processing, bringing to seven the number of compounders cited for sterile manufacturing deviations in the past six months. Read More
Baxter International has issued its sixth recall of intravenous solutions since December 2013, recalling 15 lots — about 237,000 units — because they may contain particulate matter. Read More
The FDA has handed Hospira its seventh warning letter in seven years and the second in the past six months, this time for poor sterile processing, inadequate batch failure investigations and data integrity weaknesses at its Liscate, Italy, manufacturing plant. Read More
The FDA’s Office of Pharmaceutical Quality is developing a new inspection protocol that will focus on expert investigator-developed questions and assessment practices. Read More
ISPE’s quality metrics team has narrowed from 16 to five the number of metrics it will ask drugmakers to collect data on during phase two of a pilot program aimed at helping the FDA boost quality compliance. Read More