HHS OIG: US FDA Inspection Manual Revision Could Reduce Unannounced Inspections Abroad
Executive Summary
Poor inspection history was dropped as a criteria for unannounced inspections, OIG says in an audit report, even as support grows for surprise inspections of poor quality sites. An exhaustive review of foreign for-cause inspections shows the FDA reorganization has sped up a process that must go faster still. Meanwhile, whatever happened to experienced investigators’ training records?
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