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Resiliency Roadmap Update: US FDA Exceeds FY 2021 Inspection Projections

 
• By Shannon Brown

While better than one its ‘best case’ scenarios, FDA has completed just 31% of 15,514 domestic surveillance inspections planned for FY 2021, applications are still being delayed, and foreign inspections have for the most part yet to be tackled.

FDA provides update on inspection activity • Source: Alamy

Though a sizeable backlog remains, the US Food and Drug Administration seems to moving toward increased inspections, with the use of alternative tools helping the agency meet its goals.

The new inspection numbers, released as part of an update to the Resiliency Roadmap, show that “FDA’s development of new oversight approaches and expanded use of a variety of...

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