FDA Cites Lupin For Poor Quality Metric Performance
Executive Summary
Indian firm's invalidated out-of-specification rate was too high, FDA suggests in heavily redacted Form 483 report. This rate, which also came up in two recent warning letters, happens to be one of the three rates the USagency wants to use as quality metrics for deciding how soon investigators should revisit sites.
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