FDA Warning Letter Slams Pfizer Site In India On Sterility Testing, Environmental Monitoring
Executive Summary
Pfizer's third US FDA warning letter since 2018 goes to injectables site in Vizag, India; tells the company to up its game in sterility testing and in the microbiology lab.
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