FDA Global Supply Chain Concerns Prompt Glycerin DEG Testing Guidance
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities and compounding pharmacists should include tests for diethylene glycol content in the identity testing of all lots of glycerin they receive, according to an FDA guidance reflecting growing concern about vulnerabilities in the global supply chain
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