January 14, 2021
By David Butcher, Staff Writer, MasterControl
If the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) called tomorrow to schedule a visit to your facility, would you panic or would you go on about your day, business as usual? FDA audits can be stressful, and failing one can have significant consequences. With proper preparation, however, the call to schedule an FDA inspection doesn’t have to be so unnerving.
July 5, 2018
By James Jardine, Staff Writer, MasterControl
Radical, whirlwind change is a core feature of the medical device industry. A clinical/regulatory expert provides insight into the clinical developments currently shaking up the device world and explains how device companies can adapt and thrive in a burgeoning industry that seems to reinvent itself daily.
May 22, 2018
By Jerry Chapman, GMP Consultant and Editor-in-chief, Xavier Health
Experts at the FDA/Xavier PharmLink conference at Xavier University in March 2018 presented and analyzed the FDA's top 10 drug GMP inspection citations for FY2017 during a panel discussion. The first part of a two-part series.
When an FDA investigator issues a Form 483 after inspecting your facility, the cited observations should be addressed in writing to the FDA within 15 days, even if the initial response will be preliminary. To prepare an appropriate response to the audit findings and get on the necessary path to mitigate and resolve the identified issues, you’ll want to focus on at least three key areas, according to ARC Experts President and CEO Walt Murray.
May 12, 2016
David R. Butcher, Marketing Communications, MasterControl
Even after an FDA investigator has completed an inspection at your facility, there’s still plenty of work that remains. At the conclusion of an audit, the inspector will hold an exit interview to discuss observations and present significant findings on a Form 483. What do you do next?
April 19, 2016
Mark Schwartz Of Counsel, Hyman, Phelps & McNamara P.C.
There have been at least four FDA initiatives, in the works for some time that, in the coming years, will change the way pharmaceutical (and indeed all FDA) inspections are conducted. We think you should know about these initiatives, and how they are likely to affect the way companies prepare for, and deal with, FDA inspections. Today, we are going to discuss the Program Alignment Group (PAG) plan, arguably the least controversial of the four. Over the next few weeks we will discuss the other three programs that are likely to dramatically affect the inspection landscape.
