FDA’s Record-Number GMP Warnings In FY 2019 Included First Of A Kind
Executive Summary
Total GMP warnings in FY19 was 98, more than half to US firms. Warning to Dollar Tree “should serve as a reminder that although distributors may not be subject to CGMP requirement themselves, they are responsible for ensuring the drugs they distribute into interstate commerce are not adulterated,” says CDER compliance chief Donald Ashley.
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