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Wockhardt Plant in India Gets FDA Warning Letter

Latest FDA and cGMP Compliance News Wockhart Ltd stated this week that it had received  a warning letter from FDA for its plant in Waluj, Maharashtra, India. The plant did not meet several aspects of the GMP regulations. The company also reported in May that FDA had put out an import alert on the Waluj […]

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Bristol Myers Squibb Adding 579 Jobs in Tampa, Florida

Latest FDA and cGMP Compliance News A major factor in getting a better economy in the country is to always add jobs, and it is even better when those jobs are relatively high paying. So it is good news for Tampa Bay, Florida that Bristol Myers Squibb is coming to the area and will add […]

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Glaxo Execs Forced to Stay in China Over Bribe Accusations

Latest FDA and cGMP Compliance News There is more distressing news for GlaxoSmithKline coming out of China. At this point, the company is under investigation in China for giving bribes to health officials and doctors. At this time, four executives, all who are Chinese nationals, have been held there. One of the executives actually went […]

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Feds Suspect Novartis of Shady Marketing of Gilenya MS Pill – Exclusion a Possibility

Latest FDA and cGMP Compliance News The word is that the marketing arm of Novartis is being carefully probed by the US Attorney in New York. That office issued a demand for a civil investigation this week for documents and information regarding marketing for its multiple sclerosis treatment Gilenya. The feds also want to find […]

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J&J Pays $23 Million to End Recall Lawsuit

Latest FDA and cGMP Compliance News Johnson & Johnson has reached a settlement to pay $23 million to finish off a lawsuit from investors who say that the firm was concealing failures in quality control that resulted in a sweeping recall of medicines for children, which led to safety concerns for some users of the […]

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FDA Sends Warning Letter to Genentech Trial Investigator

Latest FDA and cGMP Compliance News A clinical investigator for a phase III clinical trial for a Genentech drug got a warning letter from the agency for not following protocol and keeping proper case histories of patients. The drug in question was Lucentis, and it is for macular degeneration. FDA stated in the warning letter […]

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Each of these can be downloaded the same day. Each is 1/2 price, or $199. Interested? Contact us! 2013 Top Compliance Trends for 483s and Warning Letters – Dennis Moore, AUK Technical Services 2012 Warning Letter Update, Sheldon Bradshaw, Former FDA Chief Counsel 2012 Increased Use of Consent Decrees, Sheldon Bradshaw, Former FDA Chief Counsel […]

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Fraud Charge on Danish Doc for Payments from Drugmakers

Latest FDA and cGMP Compliance News In Norway, there is a cardiologist for a large hospital that has been charged with fraud for going on fishing trips and buying furniture with money he was given from Pfizer and Merck. The word is that the companies made payments to him for clinical study work that was […]

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GSK Now the Leader in Chinese Bribery Scandal

Latest FDA and cGMP Compliance News Another day has come and we are reading about more very damaging details about the bribery scandal that is engulfing GlaxoSmithKline in China. Authorities there have provided the media with the names of several of the senior executives that were arrested. All of them are nationals of China and […]

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Fake Avastin Salesman Ducks Jail Time

  Latest FDA and cGMP Compliance News We saw a lot of ruckus about the fake Avastin scandal last year, but last week, federal prosecutors were not able to get a one year prison term for an ex-salesman at a pharmacy in Canada that had pleaded guilty for a felony because he sold misbranded drugs […]

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