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When Will FDA Inspections Resume? Agency Looks To CDC, White House For Guidance

FDA commissioner Hahn reminds manufacturers that “product safety and quality” should be paramount

 
• By Shawn M. Schmitt

The US FDA is collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine the best way for agency investigators to perform on-site inspections again, using the White House's "Guidelines for Opening Up America Again" for guidance. Routine surveillance audits were paused in the US and abroad back in March.

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With its surveillance inspections paused because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Food and Drug Administration is looking to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the White House for guidance in deciding the best way for investigators to perform on-site audits again.

The FDA back in March put the kibosh on conducting routine quality systems inspections at manufacturing facilities in the US...

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