FDA’s New Commodity-Based Inspection Approach To Take Effect In May

FDA’s new vertically integrated and commodity-specific approach to inspections under program alignment will finally become a reality this spring. The reorganization will retain the existing district offices, but each office will have a different focus.

An FDA official has announced that its long-awaited “program alignment” of inspections to a commodity based program will go into effect May 15.

Ginette Michaud of FDA’s Office of Regulatory Affairs made this announcement Jan. 24 at the Well-Characterized Biologic Products (WCBP) 2017...

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