US FDA Inspections By The Numbers: Very Few During COVID

GAO report offers new data on the impact of COVID on FDA’s drug inspections. (It was big.)

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The US Food & Drug Administration has been very clear that its inspectional activity has been significantly disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now there are numbers to show just how dramatic the impact has been, thanks to a report from the US Government Accountability Office.

GAO found that FDA conducted only about 13% of the domestic inspections during the period from March to October 1,2020...

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