GMP News - Aseptic / Microbiology

Recent recalls determined FDA advice to drug manufacturers that Burkholderia cepacia complex poses a contamination risk in non-sterile, water-based drug products.

In April, the Pharmeuropa issue 29.2 was completed including the revision of chapter 5.1.8. "Microbiological Quality of Herbal Medicinal Products for Oral Use and Extracts Used in their Preparation".

In the course of an FDA inspection at a Brazilian manufacturer of antibiotics, the inspector observed a few serious GMP violations which led ultimately to a Warning Letter. Read more about the FDA Warning Letter issued to the company Antibioticos Do Brasil Ltda.

As a consequence of significant GMP violations, the US-American FDA issued an unusually serious Warning Letter to a Hungarian company on 13 October 2016. Serious also because the authority put this company on import alert until the violations are corrected. Learn more on the 2016 FDA Warning Letter to Teva Pharmaceutical Works Private Ltd.

The FDA published the final version of the Guidance for Industry" Use of Nucleic Acid Tests to Reduce the Risk of Transmission of West Nile Virus from Living Donors of Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products (HCT/Ps)".

Once again, the American FDA has addressed a Warning Letter to an Indian Manufacturer of sterile medicinal products. Major and serious violations of GMP principles were identified at the Indian Manufacturer Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited. Part 3 of this news will deal with the issue of insufficient documentation. You will find more information on the most important deficiencies in this Warning Letter here.

The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & Healthcare (EDQM) published a survey to gather information from relevant stakeholders for elaboration of a chapter on microbiological control of tissues.