Inspection Record

Apotex Pharmachem Inc. — Health Canada Inspection Findings

Health CanadaInspected 2021-03-03 12 findingsEquipment and facilityLaboratory and QC controlsRegulatory reporting and change controlStability and storageOther quality systemLabeling and packagingMaterial and supplier controlDeviation, CAPA, and investigationComplaint and recall handling

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Findings

1Equipment and facility

The operation of the water purification equipment was inadequate for ensuring a reliable source of water.

2Laboratory and QC controls

The creation, maintenance, processing, and/or review of laboratory data was inadequate.

3Laboratory and QC controls

The company did not adequately validate the analytical test procedures used in the stability program.

4Regulatory reporting and change control

The change control system was inadequate for ensuring changes are properly documented, evaluated, and/or approved.

5Stability and storage

The evidence used to demonstrate the transportation and/or storage conditions of each lot or batch of the drug was inadequate.

6Other quality system

The availability or the content of the authentic certificate of analysis was inadequate.

7Labeling and packaging

The quality agreement outlining the responsibilities for fabricating, packaging or labelling, and/or testing was inadequate.

8Labeling and packaging

The importer did not ensure that the foreign sites use to fabricate, package/label, or test drug products met the requirements described in Guidance on Evidence to Demonstrate Drug GMP Compliance of Foreign Sites (GUI-0080).

9Material and supplier control

The method for re-testing identified failures and/or re-qualifying raw material vendors was inadequate.

10Deviation, CAPA, and investigation

Investigations into deviations, reports, and/or follow-up actions were inadequate.

11Equipment and facility

The establishment and/or the maintenance of a data governance plan was inadequate.

12Complaint and recall handling

Health Canada was not notified of a recall.

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Extracted automatically from the document of the Health Canada inspection on 2021-03-03. The source is available at the link above.

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