FDA's Rollout of New Inspection Protocols May Begin Next Year
Executive Summary
Despite great enthusiasm within the agency for a New Inspection Protocols Pilot Project, FDA officials are saying they don't expect to adopt the protocols for broader use in pharmaceutical facility preapproval and surveillance inspections until perhaps sometime in 2017. The protocols could make inspections more comparable – and could bring recognition to facilities that go beyond compliance.
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