GMP News - Inspections/Audits

EudraGMDP is the central database for GMP and GDP compliance. Inspections which have been performed by any of the EU member state inspectorates are published in the database. Please get the details about the GMP non-compliance findings at 11 manufacturers in Europe and abroad.

The Italian Medicines Agency published a "Non-Compliance Report" on radiopharmaceutical manufacturing and a suspension of the manufacturing authorisation.

After FDA and EU have raised concerns about Good Manufacturing Practice implementation at a number of Indian companies, now the Word Health Organisation (WHO) also found serious GMP deviations. The company Svizera Labs located in Mumbai, India, received a Notice of Concern - a letter similar to the FDA Warning Letters. Read more about the WHO Letter of Concern to Svizera Labs

Everyone can now review 483s, 483 responses, Consent Decree Correspondence and other interesting documents in an Electronic Reading Room of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

While the focus of attention has been on Indian manufacturers during the last 2 years now also Chinese manufacturers are in the spot light. On 15 June 2015 the National Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices of Romania entered a GMP Non-Compliance Report for Zhuhai United Laboratories into EudraGMDP. Read more about the GMP deviations observed at Zhuhai United.

Can an API manufacturer ask for an inspection to receive an EU GMP certificate? This is answered in the Question and Answers section of the EMA together with a question regarding the obligation to audit.

Data Integrity has become one of the most important GMP compliance issues in the past two years. This has enormous consequences for the concerned companies but also for companies and authorities in EU and US.  Again the US FDA has identified a company that violates regulations and put patients at risk. The company IPCA was already known for not meeting the GMP requirements. Read more about the GMP findings at IPCA and the consequences for companies and authorities dealing with Indian partners.