Inspection Record

Exela Pharma Sciences LLC — FDA 483 Findings

US FDAInspected 2024-11-15Published 2025-02-14 13 findingsQuality unit oversightLaboratory and QC controlsMaterial and supplier controlDeviation, CAPA, and investigationEquipment and facilityComputer system validationTraining and personnelProcess validationStability and storageAseptic processing and sterility assurance

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Findings

1Quality unit oversight

The responsibilities and procedures applicable to the quality control unit are not fully followed.

2Laboratory and QC controls

Laboratory records do not include complete records of any testing and standardization of laboratory standard solutions.

3Material and supplier control

Separate or defined areas to prevent contamination or mix-ups are deficient regarding operations related to the holding of rejected components, drug product containers and closures before disposition.

4Deviation, CAPA, and investigation

Written records of investigations into unexplained discrepancies do not always include the conclusions and follow-up.

5Equipment and facility

The calibration of instruments and recording devices is not done at suitable intervals in accordance with an established written program.

6Computer system validation

Appropriate controls are not exercised over computers or related systems to assure that changes in master production and control records or other records are instituted only by authorized personnel.

7Laboratory and QC controls

Established laboratory control mechanisms are not followed and documented at the time of performance.

8Training and personnel

Employees engaged in the manufacture and processing of a drug product lack the training required to perform their assigned functions.

9Process validation

Written production and process control procedures are not followed in the execution of production and process control functions.

10Quality unit oversight

Separate or defined areas to prevent contamination or mix-ups are deficient regarding operations related to the receipt, identification, storage, and withholding from use of components, drug product containers, and closures pending sampling, testing, or examination by the quality control unit before release for manufacturing or packaging.

11Stability and storage

There is no written testing program designed to assess the stability characteristics of drug products.

12Aseptic processing and sterility assurance

Procedures designed to prevent microbiological contamination of drug products purporting to be sterile are not established, written, and followed.

13Laboratory and QC controls

Laboratory records do not include the initials or signature of a second person showing that the original records have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness.

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