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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

FDA - 70% of Supplement Companies Violate Rules

FDA official: 70% of supplement companies violate agency rules:

"About 70 percent of the nation's supplement companies have run afoul of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's manufacturing regulations over the past five years, according to a top agency official.

Consumers are put at risk by poorly measured ingredients, uncleaned manufacturing equipment, pesticides in herbal products, supplements contaminated with illegal prescription medications -- even bacteria in pediatric vitamins, recall notices and agency inspection records have shown."

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Monday, July 15, 2013

FDA Draft Guidance - Mobile Medical Apps - Practical Insights


A quick and insightful perspective on the much anticipated mobile medical app guidance . . .

Compliance Zen: Majority of Mobile Health Apps Class II Devices for FDA:

"FDA’s current draft guidance on mobile medical apps is woefully short of such practical specifics. And yet it’s these specifics that will get even the most forthright medical app developer in trouble with FDA-483s and Warning Letters. Warning Letters have been shown to reduce product sales by at least 8% the first year and for three years thereafter. For many of these developers, a Warning Letter might be the kiss of death and bring a painful chill to the innovation marketplace."

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Sunday, July 14, 2013

New FDA Guidance - Cosmetic GMPs

Updated July 22, 2021

The link in the original post broke.

Read more about the topic here:

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Guidance Documents > Guidance for Industry: Cosmetic Good Manufacturing Practices:

" . . . as part of an international harmonization effort with the International Cooperation on Cosmetic Regulations (ICCR), FDA (or we) agreed to consider the current International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard for cosmetic GMPs (ISO 22716:2007) when revising this guidance. We reviewed ISO 22716 and decided to incorporate, modify, or exclude specific aspects of it into this guidance based on our experience."

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Saturday, June 23, 2012

FDA regulators face daunting task as health apps multiply

Jenny Gold reports that, "In fact, there are 40,000 medical applications available for download on smartphones and tablets — and the market is still in its infancy. But that growth is in the cross hairs of new regulatory efforts from the Food and Drug Administration."

FDA regulators face daunting task as health apps multiply – USATODAY.com:

"Franko's goal is to make sure doctors and patients know what they're getting as quickly as possible. "These apps already exist," he says, "and people are using them in hospitals to make medical decisions, but no one knows if they're actually doing what they claim to be doing.""

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This is all about mobile, tablet, digital technologies intersecting the FDA's QSR regulations applicable to medical device manufacturers (i.e., 21 CFR 820).

You might also be interested in:
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21 CFR 820 Essential Elements - The Best Online QSR Training - SkillsPlus Intl Inc.

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

FDA.gov Free Title 21 CFR Search Tool

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CFR - Code of Federal Regulations Title 21:   'via Blog this'

The FDA.gov website makes this free search tool available.

It helps you to search within CFR - Code of Federal Regulations Title 21 - Food and Drugs: Parts 1 to 1499

Nice little search page.

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Monday, June 14, 2010

GxP Means . . .

Updated: November 6, 2016.

Some links don't age well, like the one in the original post below.

Instead, you might interested in:

ISPE Glossary of Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Terminology

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For those who aren't quite sure what this acronym means, Nancie Celini explains what it is and the implications for GxP training in her blog post on the GxP Perspectives blog, GxP Defined: Training for FDA Regulated Industry.

The post is wonderfully packed with information and is succinctly written.

You might also be interested in basic cGMP/QSR training:
Essentials for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers - cGMP Training
Essentials for Medical Device Manufacturers - QSR Training

Monday, November 16, 2009

FDA CFR Title 21 Database Search Page - Excellent!

Initially, I wasn't too thrilled about the FDA website getting re-designed. Now I'm starting to like what I'm seeing. For example, I'm seeing more user friendly pages like the CFR Search page. If you don't have the Search CFR Title 21 Database page bookmarked, you really should. It's a terrific database search tool for finding CFR contents by:

  • Section number
  • Part number
  • Full text search

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Monday, July 6, 2009

FDA GMP - Tips on Penicillin Drugs


Updated Aug 18, 2016:
FDA's redesigned Orange Book: Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations (webpage)

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Here's a little refresher in the form of 4 questions, answered by the FDA, Questions and Answers on Good Manufacturing Practices Questions and Answers on Good Manufacturing Practices - Penicillin Drugs.

In a nutshell, all penicillin finished pharmaceutical manufacturers, including repackers, are required by the CGMP regulations to establish a comprehensive control strategy designed to prevent cross-contamination of other drugs with penicillin. These requirements include:

  • 21 CFR 211.42(d): Separation of facility and equipment
  • 21 CFR 211.46(d): Separate air handling systems (HVAC)
  • 21 CFR 211.176: Test for traces of penicillin where possible exposure exits.
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Monday, March 30, 2009

21 CFR Part 820 QSR Audit Checklist - Are you ready?


Updated June 3, 2020

The original post didn't age well.

You might also be interested in this 21 CFR 820 Audit Checklist found on SCRIBD:
https://www.scribd.com/doc/162185575/122763962-Audit-Checklist-9001-13485-21-cfr-820

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If you're not quite ready, or are in the process of putting together your own internal audit checklist, it's a good idea to get ideas from others. Get a feel for checklist content, organization, and layout. Look at this excerpted portion of a checklist from Jack Kanholm's book (ISO 13485 and FDA QSR Internal Audit Checklist): ISO 13485:2003 Internal Audit Checklist - Demo Download.

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Free 21 CFR Part 820 QSR Audit Checklist

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Thursday, December 25, 2008

Interesting FDA History - CFR for white chocolate

Updated October 3, 2016

Some of the links in the original post below have broken.

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Guidance for Industry: Standard of Identity for White Chocolate - FDA

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This is something fun to read on Christmas day. Many years ago, chocolate manufacturers had to fight for the ability to use the term "white chocolate," as this Chocolate.com article recounts, "White Chocolate FDA Standard." If you didn't already know, the FDA has very specific specifications for what qualifies as white chocolate, "PART 163 -- CACAO PRODUCTS -
Subpart B--Requirements for Specific Standardized Cacao Products - Sec. 163.124 White chocolate.

Merry Christmas!

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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs) Available Online (free) - Go Green!

Updated March 8, 2022

This is a wonderful use of our tax dollars. Go green and stop buying hardcopies of the CFRs. You can slice and dice, search, and browse published CFRs. And if you just can't help yourself, you can always print pertinent text or save portions offered as pdf files. Here's just a sampling of the different ways you can use this site . . .
  1. Listing of all CFR Titles, 1-50 
  2. 21 CFR Food and Drugs - includes Parts 1 to 1499 (for Parts 210 & 211)

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Saturday, September 20, 2008

Free 21 CFR Part 820 QSR Audit Checklist

FDA Guide to Inspections of Quality Systems


Updated February 13, 2021

Some posts just don't age well (i.e., broken links below). 

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FDA - Guide to Inspections of Quality Systems

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Don't be caught flat-footed, be ready for the FDA. "Highlight any compliance gaps in your quality management system with a comprehensive FDA GMP Checklist...," says Chris Scholl Consulting Associates. On their site, they offer a free checklist, "21 CFR 820 Audit Checklist." If you don't know where or how to start, they suggest a couple of things to think about, "Are You Ready for the FDA?"

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

21 CFR Part 110 - cGMPs for Food - free online

Get your money's worth for your tax dollars. The FDA publishes these food regulations online on their FDA website, and they're available for free! I'm posting these because of the recent tomato and pepper Salmonella scare, and my recent post on the 'fruitcake of the Shuttle astronauts' FDA warning letter. Here's what you get from the FDA . . .

NOTE:
When you open any of the links below, be sure to look at the upper left portion of the page to see the revision date.

Title 21 -- Food and Drugs
Chapter 1 -- Food and Drug Adminstration
Department of Health and Human Services

SubChapter B -- Food for Human Consumption
Part 110
CURRENT GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE IN MANUFACTURING, PACKING, OR HOLDING HUMAN FOOD

Subpart A--General Provisions
§ 110.3 - Definitions.
§ 110.5 - Current good manufacturing practice.
§ 110.10 - Personnel.
§ 110.19 - Exclusions.

Subpart B--Buildings and Facilities
§ 110.20 - Plant and grounds.
§ 110.35 - Sanitary operations.
§ 110.37 - Sanitary facilities and controls.

Subpart C--Equipment
§ 110.40 - Equipment and utensils.

Subpart D [Reserved]

Subpart E--Production and Process Controls
§ 110.80 - Processes and controls.
§ 110.93 - Warehousing and distribution.

Subpart F [Reserved]

Subpart G--Defect Action Levels
§ 110.110 - Natural or unavoidable defects in food for human use that present no health hazard.

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Sunday, July 20, 2008

Resource List - FDA Part 11 - Electronic Records and Signatures

Updated July 1, 2025

So many links broke.

You can still learn more about Part 11 here:

Part 11, Electronic Records; Electronic Signatures - Scope and Application - Guidance for Industry | FDA.gov

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One big list of resources for The FDA Regulations on Part 11, Electronic Records and Electronic Signatures. Useful for getting up to speed, answering questions, and to prepare for classroom training.

  1. GMP Training Package Manual and CD, The FDA Regulations on Part 11, Electronic Records and Electronic Signatures, For Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Food, ... System Validation and Part 11, Covering FD
  2. Agent GXP FDA Part 11 Guidebook: The FDA Regulations on Part 11, Electronic Records and Electronic Signatures, For Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Food, ... Trials and GCP (Good Clinical Practices)
  3. Handbook of Computer and Computerized System Validation for the Pharmaceutical Industry
  4. Pharmaceutical Computer Validation Introduction 5 Users: GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) Training Introduction to Meet FDA Regulations in the Use of ... on Computer System Validation and Part 11
  5. CFR Parts 210, 211 and 11 Pocket Guide
  6. Pharmaceutical Computer Validation Introduction Manual and CD, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) Training Introduction To Meet FDA Regulations in the ... on Computer System Validation and Part 11
  7. Successfully Validating ERP Systems (and other large, configurable applications)
  8. Compact Regs Part 11: CFR 21 Part 11 Electronic Records; Electronic Signatures (10 Pack)
  9. Part 11 risk assessment 'not an alternative' to compliance with predicate rules.(Electronic records): An article from: Validation Times
  10. Electronic Record Keeping: Achieving and Maintaining Compliance with 21 CFR Part 11 and 45 CFR Parts 160, 162, and 164
  11. 21 CFR Part 11: Complete Guide to International Computer Validation Compliance for the Pharmaceutical Industry
  12. Handbook of Computer and Computerized System Validation for the Pharmaceutical Industry (1stbooks Library (Series).)
  13. Computer Systems Validation: Quality Assurance, Risk Management, and Regulatory Compliance for Pharmaceutical and Healt
  14. Validating Corporate Computer Systems: Good IT Practice for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

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