FDA Warning Letter Hits Akorn’s Subpar Root Cause Investigations

Akorn has been hit with its second warning letter this year, this time for similar issues at a different site, where the US FDA found the firm failed to adequately address problems with impurities and bottle defects. The Akorn letter may also be symptomatic of a larger problem being seen by the agency in the growing number of faulty root cause investigations.  

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The US Food and Drug Administration has targeted Akorn Inc. with faulty root cause investigations into problems with impurities and bottle defects, poor aseptic practices and inadequate control over computer equipment in a 13 June warning letter. The agency also blasted the firm for not fixing past good manufacturing practice problems.

The main GMP deficiency seen in the warning letter, poor root cause investigations, seems to be part of growing trend...

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