FDA Warning Letter Brings Another High-Flying Emergent CDMO Plant Down To Earth
Executive Summary
Warning letter reveals agency found quality problems at Emergent BioSolutions’ Camden fill/finish plant during COVID-19 pandemic even as firm’s Bayview plant came under heightened scrutiny. Metal particulates appeared in vials as Camden plant and rest of Emergent’s CDMO network experienced sharp demand growth.
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