FDA PROVIDES NO RATIONALE FOR ALERT After the Warning Letter for Zhejiang Jiuzhou Pharmaceutical Co. was published in a recent Blog (8/20/14), several of my colleagues sent me comments regarding this Chinese Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) source. They were particularly intrigued by the Blog because one had observed an Import Alert that was issued by the FDA on March … [Read more...]
FDA PROHIBITS INDIAN FACILITY FROM PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING DRUGS FOR U.S. MARKET
ANOTHER RANBAXY FACILITY IS ADDED TO EXISTING CONSENT DECREE The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today notified Ranbaxy Laboratories, Ltd., that it is prohibited from manufacturing and distributing active pharmaceutical  ingredients (APIs) from its facility in Toansa, India, for FDA-regulated drug products. The Toansa facility is now … [Read more...]
H&P’s ANATOMY OF A CONSENT DECREE (01/24/12)
H&P INDUSTRIES FULFILLS ITS INITIAL OBLIGATIONS AND RECEIVES RETURNED BOND H&P Industries has a recent history of receiving significant Form FDA 483s from the FDA. The consequence of these various recalls and 483s ultimately led to a seizure of raw materials, in-process product and final product by U.S. Marshalls. Subsequent to that H&P Industries entered into a … [Read more...]
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS RECEIVES ADVERSE DETERMINATION LETTER (1/13/12)
FAILURE OF THE ARC TO MEET REQUIREMENTS YIELDS OVER 9 MILLION DOLLAR FINE From April through October 2010, United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigators inspected sixteen American National Red Cross (ARC) Blood Services facilities and observed significant violations of the law, regulations, and the Amended Consent Decree of Permanent Injunction, entered on … [Read more...]
FDA ENTERS CONSENT DECREE WITH H AND P INDUSTRIES (TRIAD GROUP)
TRIAD GROUP MUST AWAIT AN ACCEPTABLE QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL PROGRAM BEFORE RESUMING MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION Comment The FDA entered into a Consent Decree of Condemnation, Forfeiture and Permanent Injunction against H&P Industries that would prevent them from manufacturing and distributing products from their Hartland, WI facility. Under the decree, … [Read more...]
