Selected passages from the FDA letter
Quoted FDA text from the published dataset. These selected excerpts are not the complete letter.
Passage 1Failure to demonstrate that your manufacturing process can reproducibly manufacture an API meeting its predetermined quality attributes.
Passage 2Failure to prepare and use master production and control records.
Passage 3Failure to validate and verify the suitability of analytical methods.
Passage 4Failure to design a documented, ongoing stability testing program to monitor the stability characteristics of APIs and to use the results to confirm the appropriate storage conditions and the retest or expiry dates.
Passage 5Failure to list drugs in accordance with 510(j) of the FD&C Act, 21 U.S.C. 360(j), is prohibited under section 301(p) of the FD&C Act, 21 U.S.C. 331(p). Furthermore, under section 502(o) a drug is misbranded if it is not included in a list required by section 510(j). Under section 301(a), the introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of any drug that is misbranded is prohibited.
Citations in the original letter
As cited in this historical letter, not a statement of current regulatory requirements.
- 21 CFR 207.41
- 21 CFR 207