The FDA has issued two draft guidances focused on requirements for drug and biological approvals — one on formal meetings and one on alternative methods the agency may use to assess manufacturing facilities named in an NDA or BLA. Read More

A mix up that put a vitamin in a blister pack where a drug to prevent organ transplant rejection belonged is one of several violations the FDA cited in its warning letter to Safecor, a Columbus, Ohio, drug manufacturer and repackaging company. Read More

The FDA has issued warning letters to eight companies — including CVS Health and Walgreens Boots Alliance — for manufacturing or marketing illegal, unapproved eye drops to treat pink eye, glaucoma and cataracts and other ophthalmic conditions. Read More

The FDA has exercised its new authority to use remote records reviews in lieu of certain types of GMP inspections, issuing a warning letter to Green Pharmaceutical of South Korea based on a review of records it requested on March 3. Read More

Our coverage spans a bone graft product that caused a tuberculosis infection, a subcutaneous cancer treatment, a warning letter for an eye drop manufacturer, 300 higher risk patients with a recalled Medtronic cardiac pump, and a lawsuit by Insulet against a competitor for intellectual property theft. Read More

A July 10-20 FDA inspection of a Biocon manufacturing facility in Malaysia turned up eight observations including a repeat observation of failure to follow procedures that prevent microbiological contamination of drugs intended to be sterile, and inadequate review and investigation of failed batches. Read More

The FDA’s efforts to safeguard against the presence of diethylene glycol (DEG) ethylene glycol (EG) in drug products have resulted in the agency issuing 22 warning letters on the potentially lethal contaminant since March — and nine on the issue just this week. Read More

The FDA slapped Iso-Tex with a Form 483 following a Jan. 30 – Feb. 10 inspection because the radiopharmaceutical manufacturer failed to prevent microbiological contamination of drug products at its Alvin, Tex., plant. Read More

The FDA released a Form 483 from a May 4-12 inspection conducted at Catalent’s Bloomington, Ind., facility pointing to continuing woes for the plant and its customers, with observations of a lack of written production and process control procedures, inadequate equipment revalidation and inadequate cleaning. Read More