Revised US FDA Guidance Calls For Testing More Excipients For DEG And EG
Executive Summary
Substantial revision of 2007 DEG guidance comes after hundreds of deaths in seven countries inked to diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol adulteration. All containers and lots of certain additional excipients must be tested, and many others should be.
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