FDA warning letter · Drugs

Global Pharma Healthcare Private Limited

Issued · Posted by FDA

Selected passages from the FDA letter

Quoted FDA text from the published dataset. These selected excerpts are not the complete letter.

Passage 1

Your 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 2

Your firm failed to test samples of each component for identity and conformity with all appropriate written specifications for purity, strength, and quality. Your firm also failed to validate and establish the reliability of your component supplier’s test analyses at appropriate intervals (21 CFR 211.84(d)(1) and 211.84(d)(2)).

Passage 3

Your firm failed to establish a system for monitoring environmental conditions in aseptic processing areas and an adequate system for cleaning and disinfecting the room to produce aseptic conditions (21 CFR 211.42(c)(10)(iv) and 211.42(c)(10)(v)).

Passage 4

You failed to adequately sterilize and clean your equipment used for drug product manufacturing, for example:

Passage 5

Your firm failed to establish the accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and reproducibility of its test methods, and you also failed to conduct appropriate laboratory testing to determine whether each batch of drug product purporting to be sterile conforms to such requirements (21 CFR 211.165(e) and 211.167(a)).

Passage 6

Your firm failed to establish an adequate quality unit (QU) with the responsibilities and authority to oversee the manufacture of your drug products. For example:

Citations in the original letter

As cited in this historical letter, not a statement of current regulatory requirements.

  • 21 CFR 200.50(a)(2)
  • 21 CFR 200.50
  • 21 CFR 201.128
  • 21 CFR 210
  • 21 CFR 211.113(b)
  • 21 CFR 211.84(d)(1)
  • 21 CFR 211.42(c)(10)(iv)
  • 21 CFR 211.165(e)
  • 21 CFR 211.22