Glass Quality Crisis Prompts Multi-Faceted Array of Risk-Based Improvements
This article was originally published in The Gold Sheet
Executive Summary
Drug makers, glass suppliers and FDA officials who attended a recent Parenteral Drug Association glass quality conference made some progress toward understanding why glass-related recalls have surged and what corrective and preventive measures they should apply.
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