Showing posts with label investigator. Show all posts
Showing posts with label investigator. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Inspection Observations - FDA.gov

Go to this FDA webpage:  Inspections > Inspection Observations - FDA.gov:

"FDA’s Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) is the lead office for all field activities, including inspections and enforcement. During an inspection, ORA investigators may observe conditions they deem to be objectionable. These observations, are listed on an FDA Form 483 when, in an investigator’s judgment, the observed conditions or practices indicate that an FDA-regulated product may be in violation of FDA’s requirements.

Spreadsheets summarizing the areas of regulation cited on FDA's system-generated 483s are available by fiscal year on the menu links on this page. These spreadsheets are not a comprehensive listing of all inspectional observations but represent the area of regulation and the number of times it was cited as an observation on an FDA Form 483 during inspections conducted by FDA and its representatives. Turbo EIR is FDA's automated Form 483 reporting system. Turbo EIR is utilized to generate the FDA Form 483 when applicable cite modules exist. Not all FDA Form 483s are generated in TurboEIR as some 483s are manually prepared and not available in this format. Observations have been broken out by Product or Program Area on separate tabs of the spreadsheet. The Product and Program Areas include the following:

  • Biologics
  • Drugs
  • Devices
  • Human Tissue for Transplantation
  • Radiological Health
  • Parts 1240 and 1250"

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In fiscal year 2014, you'll notice that biologics and drugs areas were highly associated with some kind of sub-standard investigation.

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Monday, November 21, 2011

An Alternative To The Free Online GCP Training by Quintiles

Free Online GCP Training


Updated 4/10/2015:

The Quintiles GCP training is no longer available to the public for free.

I recently discovered a free, publicly accessible GCP training program that might be of interest to you: The Good Clinical Practice (GCP) course, offered by the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network

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Free Online GCP Training | Clinical Research Learning Blog:  'via Blog this'
Upon completion of the program the participant will be able to:
  1. Describe the ICH Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and local regulatory guidelines for good clinical practice in the conduct of clinical trials 
  2. Discuss the investigator’s responsibilities in the conduct of clinical trials at the clinical site 
  3. Apply ICH and local regulations to specific research activities at the clinical site
Free is good!

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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Think Like An FDA Inspector - Be Prepared

Revised December 16, 2020

Yep, it's important to follow all the regulations. AND, it helps to understand how the FDA inspector will approach your company during an inspection. On the FDA website, several free documents are published as reference material for investigators and other FDA personnel. The documents don't bind the FDA and don't confer any rights, privileges, benefits or immunities for or on any person(s). Basically, they'll help you prepare and anticipate what to expect from an FDA inspector and inspection team. Just be forewarned, it also means that they don't have to follow the suggestions or recommendations mentioned in the inspection guides. Here's a listing of the major categories of inspection guides that are available . . .

"Guide to Inspections of:

  • Biotechnology
  • Computer Issues
  • Devices
  • Drugs
  • Foods & Cosmetics
  • Miscellaneous

Note: These documents are reference material for investigators and other FDA personnel. The documents do not bind FDA and do not confer any rights, privileges, benefits or immunities for or on any person(s). An alternative approach may be used if such an approach satisfies the applicable statutes, regulations or both."

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