FDA’s Combo Product GMP Reg Speeds Ahead Unchanged

Agency decides to keep the proposed rule, issued in 2009, “largely identical” and denies requests to delay implementation a year.

FDA will implement its final rule on combination product Good Manufacturing Practices on time and mostly unchanged from the 2009 proposal, despite comments asking for an enactment delay and more guidance.

A notice, expected to be published in the Federal Register Jan. 22, outlines the final rule clarifying which...

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