News in Brief: A System Called ‘Integrity’; A Definition for Crude Heparin; Confirmation for Written Confirmation
This article was originally published in The Gold Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA’s ‘Integrity’ IT platform to watch over global manufacturing network; with help, FDA lab hopes to finally define uncontaminated crude heparin; and EU ‘written confirmation’ doubters converted.
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