Selected passages from the FDA letter
Quoted FDA text from the published dataset. These selected excerpts are not the complete letter.
Passage 1Your firm failed to thoroughly investigate any unexplained discrepancy or failure of a batch or any of its components to meet any of its specifications, whether or not the batch has already been distributed (21 CFR 211.192).
Passage 2You failed to adequately investigate customer complaints for the various sterile **(b)(4)** drug products (prescription and over-the-counter) you manufacture. Your investigations were not thorough, did not appropriately expand in scope, and lacked a scientifically supported determination of root cause(s). Additionally, they failed to include an evaluation of customer complaint samples from the affected batches. You did not identify or implement adequate corrective actions and preventive actions (CAPAs).
Passage 3Your firm failed to establish and follow appropriate written procedures that are designed to prevent microbiological contamination of drug products purporting to be sterile, and that include validation of all aseptic and sterilization processes (21 CFR 211.113(b)).
Passage 4Your firm failed to establish an adequate system for cleaning and disinfecting the room and equipment to produce aseptic conditions and an adequate system for maintaining equipment used to control the aseptic conditions (21 CFR 211.42(c)(10)(v) and 211.42(c)(10)(vi)).
Citations in the original letter
As cited in this historical letter, not a statement of current regulatory requirements.
- 21 CFR 210
- 21 CFR 211.192
- 21 CFR 211.113(b)
- 21 CFR 211.42(c)(10)(v)