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 have, for each batch of drug product, appropriate laboratory determination of satisfactory conformance to final specifications for the drug product, including the identity and strength of each active ingredient, prior to release. Your firm also failed to conduct, for each batch of drug product, appropriate laboratory testing, as necessary, required to be free of objectionable microorganisms (21 CFR 211.165(a) and 211.165(b)).
Passage 2Your firm failed to conduct at least one test to verify the identity of each component of a drug product (21 CFR 211.84(d)(1)).
Passage 3Your firm failed to establish and follow an adequate written testing program designed to assess the stability characteristics of drug products (21 CFR 211.166(a)).
Passage 4Your firm failed to establish an adequate quality unit (QU) with the responsibilities and authority to oversee the manufacturing of drug products. For example, the QU failed to ensure:
Citations in the original letter
As cited in this historical letter, not a statement of current regulatory requirements.
- 21 CFR 210
- 21 CFR 211.165(a)
- 21 CFR 211.84(d)(1)
- 21 CFR 211.166(a)
- 21 CFR 211.22
- 21 CFR 211.67(a)
- 21 CFR 211.188
- 21 CFR 211.192