Compliance Corner: The 10 Best – And 10 Worst – Things You Can Do When FDA Inspects Your Firm (Part 7)

A 10-part Compliance Corner series

A panel of longtime industry experts offer manufacturers a list of things they should and shouldn’t do when an investigator from the US agency knocks on their facility door. In this seventh installment of a 10-part series, the experts address the use of SMEs – subject matter experts – during inspections.

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A panel of longtime industry experts recently convened to give manufacturers advice on the 10 best and worst things they could do during an inspection by the US Food and Drug Administration.

Offering tips in Part 7 of our series is David Elder, executive VP for consulting firm Greenleaf Health, and a...

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