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Zhejiang Tianyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. — FDA Warning Letter Findings

US FDAPublished 2022-09-27 3 findingsCleaning validationDeviation, CAPA, and investigationOther quality system

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Findings

1Cleaning validation

Failure to clean equipment at appropriate intervals to prevent build-up and carryover of contaminates and degradants where equipment is assigned to continuous production or campaign production of successive batches of the same intermediates and API. A. Equipment cleaning (b)(4) used in the (b)(4) synthesis were observed with brownish rust like spots on the upper walls of the (b)(4) with layers of thick black spots above the brownish spots. These layers of black and brown…

2Deviation, CAPA, and investigation

Failure to extend investigations to other batches that may have been associated with a specific failure or deviation. Your investigation of the (b)(4) impurity in (b)(4) active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) is deficient. Though you identified at least four lots that failed your (b)(4) impurity specification, you did not extend your investigation to all lots manufactured prior to August 2018 after you identified (b)(4) had a higher risk of forming. Your investigation was…

3Other quality system

Failure to establish an impurity profile for identified and unidentified impurities. Your firm failed to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the manufacturing process to identify all potential impurities. A. (b)(4) impurity (b)(4) Your firm failed to perform a systematic evaluation of the manufacturing process of (b)(4) API and have robust procedures to identify the potential formation of (b)(4) impurity. On July 6, 2021, you were notified of the presence of the (b)(4)…

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