TOTAL MANAGEMENT COLLAPSE OF TERMINAL STERILIZATION OCCURS AT THE MARION, NC FACILITY BASED UPON FDA FINDINGS The FDA recently audited two Baxter Healthcare facilities to include Marion, NC (November 7 to 16,2012) , and Jayuya, Puerto Rico (March 13, 2013 to April 19, 2013). Their Investigators identified significant violations of current good manufacturing … [Read more...]
CONTRACT PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES OF AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (05/17/13) RECEIVES WARNING LETTER
HUMIDITY PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN THE PACKAGING OF A DRUG PRODUCT Contract Pharmaceutical Services of Australia was audited by the FDA from October 30 through November 1, 2012. The FDA identified significant violations of cGMP for finished pharmaceuticals during the visit. Based upon these violations, the drug products were deemed to be … [Read more...]
INDIAN MANUFACTURING FACILITIES CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FDA REGULATORY ACTIONS
HOSPIRA'S IRUNGATTUKOTTAI FACILITY RECEIVES WARNING LETTER (052813) Recently Ranbaxy settled a $500 million lawsuit with the Dept. of Justice for selling improperly manufactured and tested drugs (see previous Blogs). More recently, Maharashtra-based Wockhardt received an Import ban (see previous Blogs to learn of what other Indian based … [Read more...]
APOTEX INC RECEIVES WARNING LETTER FOR MULTIPLE CANADIAN SITES (2/21/13) PART II
FDA INVESTIGATOR FINDS INACCURATE REPORTING OF MICROBIOLOGICAL DATA The FDA, during August and October 2012 inspected two Apotex, Inc. sites. This Blog only discusses the facilities located at 150 Signet Drive, Toronto, Canada. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) identified significant violations of current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) … [Read more...]
APOTEX INC RECEIVES WARNING LETTER FOR MULTIPLE CANADIAN SITES (2/21/13)
FIRM FAILED TO ESTABLISH AND FOLLOW PROCEDURES DESIGNED TO PREVENT MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION (21 CFR 211.113(b)) The FDA, during August and October 2012 inspected two Apotex, Inc. sites. This Blog only discusses the facilities located at 150 Signet Drive, Toronto, Canada. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) identified significant … [Read more...]
