FDA Inspection Vista Amid COVID-19, How Things Are Poised For Indian Firms
Executive Summary
The US FDA conducted seven drug inspections in India from February through August 2021 and front-line Indian firms are hopeful things will pick up further and that some pre-approval inspections may happen virtually. But no foreign surveillance inspections are expected to be conducted by FDA inspectors traveling from the US before September 2021.
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