ISSUES INCLUDE MOLD GROWTH AT STERILE MANUFACTURING ENTRY AND DEAD AND DECAYING FROGS NEAR THE PRODUCT EXIT DOCK Between October 29 and November 1, 2013, the FDA inspected Marck Biosciences Ltd., Kheda, India. As a consequence of this audit, the FDA issued six extensive Observations. This Blog only reviews Observation 5 (a) and 5 (b). “Your firm failed to maintain the … [Read more...]
HEALTH CANADA ISSUES SUMMARY REPORT FROM AUDIT OF ID BIOMEDICAL (GSK), SAINTE-FOY, QUEBEC
Health Canada recently issued a summary report of their recent audit of ID Biomedical (GSK). Within this report, they presented summaries of both their 2012 and 2014 Inspections. Enclosed are copies of selected sections of both Inspections as well as my additional comments. “2012 INSPECTION: Health Canada's 2012 regular GMP inspection of the Sainte-Foy facility concentrated … [Read more...]
HEALTH CANADA ANNOUNCES GSK AUDIT OF STE. FOY, QUEBEC SITE
AUDIT RELEASE (7/3/14) FOLLOWS THAT OF FDA’S WARNING LETTER GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) recently received a Health Canada inspection report on July 3, 2014, almost a month (6/12/14) following FDA’s issuance of a Warning Letter for the same facility. While Health Canada did not release specifics of the involved issues, it did indicate some of the findings were similar to those … [Read more...]
ID BIOMEDICAL CORP RECEIVES WARNING LETTER (6/12/14)
COMPANY CONTINUED TO FIND GRAM NEGATIVES IN PW WATER SYSTEM ID Biomedical Corp, a subsidiary of GSK Biologicals, located in Quebec, Canada was audited by the FDA from March 31 through April 9, 2014. The FDA Investigators documented deviations from CGMP in the manufacture of their biological drug product, Flulaval and its intermediates. Significant objectionable conditions … [Read more...]
THE FDA AND TurboEIR – HOW IT’S MANAGED AND MISMANAGED FORM FDA 483s
TurboEIR is a FDA software program designed to standardize Form FDA 483s and Establishment Inspection Reports (EIR). It was completely “rolled out†in October 2002. For each “Objectionable Condition†(FDA 483 Observation), TurboEIR requests the inspection team to choose a … [Read more...]
