February 2023
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On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law the fiscal year 2023 appropriations bill. This provides financing for several changes to the U.S. FDA’s drug manufacturing inspection program.
The FDA must now adjust each facility’s inspection priority ranking based on the compliance history of other establishments in its country or region.
Historically, the FDA has not announced domestic surveillance inspections but has announced foreign ones for logistical and other reasons.
The pilot will evaluate:
The spending bill revises the FD&C Act Section 704(a)(4) remote records review provision such that the FDA may inspect records and other information remotely rather than conduct on-site preapproval inspections and surveillance inspections, or to resolve deficiencies identified during inspections.
The spending bill revises Section 809 of the FD&C Act (21 USC 384e) to authorize reliance on foreign authorities not just for risk-based but also for preapproval inspections.
The bill requires information sharing on inspection and review activities related to mutual-recognition agreements with foreign authorities, with information broken down by regions of interest, including China, India, the EU and the UK.
The bill provides for enhanced coordination and transparency among field investigators and staff of CDER’s Office of Compliance and drug shortage program.
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Less than two weeks after the publication of revision 13 of the EMA Q&A on nitrosamines, revision 14 was published on December 22, 2022. This revision updates three Q&As — 20, 21 and 22 — which deal with what happens if a nitrosamine is found that exceeds the acceptable intake (AI) limits:
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