Anvisa recently weighed in on the benefits of recognizing international good manufacturing practice (GMP) certificates from drugmakers seeking to register products in the country.Read More
To minimize the risk of patients developing cancer associated with the exposure to some impurities, the FDA is adopting draft international harmonization guidelines on identification and control of mutagenic impurities in drugs using genotoxic or carcinogenic starting materials.Read More
FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said Tuesday that conditions at a number of recently inspected compounding pharmacies were “truly startling,” including rusty tools and facilities, employees handling drug components with bare hands and black particles floating in solutions that were supposedly sterile.Read More
The International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF) has issued two draft standards on harmonized audit criteria and training requirements for both regulatory agencies and third-party auditing organizations.Read More
The FDA has warned Baxter Healthcare for marketing its SIGMA Spectrum Infusion Pump with Master Drug Library without an approved application or IDE. Read More
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The FDA's new enforcement plan makes one thing clear: Developing a successful CAPA program has never been more important. But creating an FDA-proof CAPA isn’t easy. If only you could pick the brain of someone who is coping successfully with CAPA — the best and the brightest, an industry leader who has devised programs, procedures and solutions that have put companies out in front with the FDA. Well, you can. Register today.Read More
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