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What The FDA’s Inspections Q&A Guidance Really Means: It’s Time To Offer Virtual Inspections

 
• By Bowman Cox

Compliance experts see possibilities in offering video tours as the FDA offers “holistic” approach to assessing sites during pandemic.

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Experts say the drug industry should use the opportunity provided in recent US Food and Drug Administration guidance to volunteer information the agency can use in lieu of site inspections it cannot conduct due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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