US FDA Warns Intas To Assess Global Quality Following Plant’s Data Integrity Meltdown

Warning letter details extensive GMP and data integrity remediation expectations for Matoda plant and calls for the privately held generic drug manufacturer to immediately confront its corporate quality issues globally.

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A 28 July warning letter from the US Food and Drug Administration called on Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd. to conduct a global quality assessment now that a litany of data integrity failures agency investigators observed at one of its facilities near Ahmedabad, India, show that its corporate quality system is ineffective.

The warning letter, which lays out a sweeping remediation plan for the plant, located southwest of Ahmedabad near Matoda Village,...

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