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In March 2023, FDA released a draft guidance on Part 11 Application to Clinical Investigations.  The specific introduction in the guidance stated: This document provides guidance to sponsors, clinical investigators, institutional review boards(IRBs), contract research organizations (CROs), and other interested parties on the use of electronic systems, electronic records, and electronic signatures in clinical investigations...
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A fundamental requirement for any controlled process is to have the documentation associated with the process to be “controlled.”  What do we mean by controlled?  Document control implies that one can distinguish one revision of a document from another revision.  It also implies that a particular revision is retrievable and unblemished – that is, five...
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Company: Medtronic Navigation, Inc. Date of Enforcement Report: 12/29/2018 Class I: PRODUCT StealthStation Cranial and Synergy Cranial Depth Gauge: StealthStation Cranial Optical Pocket Guide – Instructions for cranial procedures using optical localization StealthStation Cranial version 3.0, 3.1 CE 0344 Rx Only 2018-02 9735489 Revision 3 Medtronic Navigation, Inc. Biopsy Needle Kit (9733068) Note: This device is...
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Pharmaceutical Laboratories and Consultants, Inc. Product: testing laboratory Date:8/29/18 This warning letter summarizes significant violations of current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) regulations for finished pharmaceuticals. See 21 CFR, parts 210 and 211. Because your methods, facilities, or controls for manufacturing, processing, packing, or holding do not conform to CGMP, your drug products are adulterated within...
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Yuki Gosei Kogyo Co., Ltd. Date:7/17/18 Data Integrity Remediation: Your quality system does not adequately ensure the accuracy and integrity of data to support the safety, effectiveness, and quality of the drugs you manufacture. We strongly recommend that you retain a qualified consultant to assist in your remediation. In response to this letter, provide the...
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This content is only available to Premium level and Standards Navigator subscribers.  See our Subscribe page for information on subscriptions. SoftwareCPR has prepared a collection of production and process validation material suitable for training in Production and Quality Systems 820.70(i) Validation including Part 11.  Portions could be made into handouts or provided electronically.  Download the manual...
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FDA regulation of Medical Device Data Systems has changed significantly over the years. This, together with the blurred line between MDDS and general health information technology, interfaces between MDDS and regulated medical devices, the actual criteria for deciding if something is classified as a Medical Device Data System, and different regulatory requirements outside the US...
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The firm's quality system does not adequately ensure the accuracy and integrity of data to support the safety, effectiveness, and quality of the drugs manufactured - remediation required
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Significant violations of CGMP regulations due to failure to maintain adequate written records of major equipment maintenance and data integrity issues
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FDA issues a new draft guidance in June 2017 titled “Use of Electronic Records and Electronic Signatures in Clinical Investigations Under 21 CFR Part 11 – Questions and Answers”.  This guidance while scoped for clinical investigations has information that is probably useful and defensible for assessing or ensuring compliance with other types of systems subject...
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Company: Morton Grove Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Date:1/17/2017 Your firm failed to exercise appropriate controls over computer or related systems to assure that only authorized personnel institute changes in master production and control records, or other records (21 CFR 211.68(b)). Data Integrity Remediation Your quality system does not adequately ensure the accuracy and integrity of data to...
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FACTA Farmaceutici S.p.A Product: drug manufacturing facility Date:1/13/2017 1. Your firm failed to ensure that laboratory records included complete data derived from all tests necessary to assure compliance with established specifications and standards (21 CFR 211.194(a)). For multiple sterile drug product lots, your original data showed failing results, but data you reported showed passing results....
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This content is only available to Premium and higher subscribers.  See our Subscribe page for information on subscriptions. The attached pdf file contains all Part 11 related warning letter excerpts included on this site as of the date above.  This file is updated periodically, but for the most recent warning letters between these updates, do text...
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Recipient:  Polydrug Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. Corporate Office Product:  Pharmaceuticals Date: 4/11/2016 Failure of computerized systems to have sufficient controls to prevent unauthorized access or changes to data. Your firm’s computer system for entering test results and storing certificates of analysis (CoA), which document whether a drug meets specifications, does not have sufficient controls to prevent...
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This content is only available to Premium and higher subscribers.  See our Subscribe page for information on subscriptions. It contains all software and computer related recall excerpts for the years listed. Some of the newest recalls on the site may not be included. This compilation is provided in reverse chronological order and is useful for quick review,...
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Novacyl Wuxi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. .Product: pharmaceutical manufacturing facility Date: 12/19/2014 1. Failure to manage laboratory systems with sufficient controls to ensure conformance to established specifications and prevent omission of data. Our inspection revealed serious deficiencies related to your documentation practices, including missing raw data. It is a basic responsibility of your quality unit to...
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Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited Product: pharmaceutical manufacturing facility Date:5/7/2014 1. Failure to ensure that laboratory records included complete data derived from all tests necessary to ensure compliance with established specifications and standards. our firm frequently performs ?unofficial testing? of samples, disregards the results, and reports results from additional tests. For example, during stability testing, your...
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Company: GE Healthcare LLC Date of Enforcement Report:3/12/2014 Class lI: PRODUCT GE Healthcare Solar 8000M and Solar 8000i Patient Monitor software version 5.4, 5.5, or 5.6 with the Automatic-View-On- Alarm (AVOA) feature enabled. The Solar 8000i with Patient Data Module / Transport Pro with Patient Data Module is intended for use under the direct supervision...
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Company: American Optisurgical. Date of Enforcement Report: 6/12/2013 Class ll: PRODUCT American Optisurgical’s TX1 Tissue Removal System Console. The console is a software unit that is indicated for use in surgical procedures. Recall Number Z-1516-2013 REASON The recall has been initiated due to an overheating protection voltage suppressor on the redundant safety protection circuit board....
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Recipient:  Shamrock Medical Solutions Group LLC . Product:  Pharmeceuticals Date: 6/15/2012 Investigators from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) identified significant violations of Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) regulations for Finished Pharmaceuticals, Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 210 and 211. These violations cause your drug products to be adulterated within the meaning of...
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Recipient:  American Optisurgical Inc. Product:  TX1 Tissue Removal System Date: 6/14/2012 This inspection revealed that these devices are adulterated within the meaning of section 501(h) of the Act [21 U.S.C. § 351(h)], in that the methods used in, or the facilities or controls used for, their manufacture, packing, storage, or installation are not in conformity...
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Company:Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics.Date of Enforcement Report 6/6/12 Class ll: PRODUCT VITROS 5600 Integrated System Software Version 1.6 & Below Product Usage: For use in the in vitro quantitative, semi-quantitative, and qualitative measurement of a variety of analytes of clinical interest, using VITROS Chemistry Products Slides, VITROS Chemistry Products MicroTip Reagents and VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products Reagents. Product...
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Recipient: BTS S.p.A. Product: FreeEMG and PocketEMG Date: 5/10/2012 This inspection revealed that these devices are adulterated within the meaning of section 501(h) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 351(h), in that the methods used in, or the facilities or controls used for, their manufacture, packing, storage, or installation are not in conformity with the...
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Recipient: Mediagnost GmbH. Product: Human Growth Hormone diagnostic kits Date: 5/8/12 Failure to establish and maintain adequate procedures to control all documents, as required by 21 CFR 820.40. For example: a. There are no procedures that address the control of electronic records. b. Access to two computer workstations that include in-process test data, finished device...
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Recipient:Community Blood Centers of Florida, Inc. . Product:blood and blood components Date: 4/7/2012 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted an inspection of your firm, Community Blood Centers of Florida, Inc., from September 1, 2011 – December 19, 2011. During the inspection, FDA investigators documented deviations from applicable current Good Manufacturing Practice for Finished Pharmaceuticals...
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Recipient:Biochem Laboratories Inc. Product:TX1 Tissue Removal System Date: 2/17/2012 Your firm has failed to exercise appropriate controls over computer or related systems to assure that changes in master production and control records, or other records, are instituted only by authorized personnel [21 CFR 211.68(b)]. For example: a. Your firm did not put in place requirements...
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This content is only available to Premium and higher subscribers.  See our Subscribe page for information on subscriptions. The attached pdf file contains all software and computer related warning letter excerpts included on this site. Some of the newest warning letters on the site may not be included since we only update this comprehensive document periodically. This...
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Company: Radiometer America Inc. Date of Enforcement Report 2/9/2011 Class ll: PRODUCT ABL90 FLEX Blood Analyzer Part Number: 393-090. Intended for use by trained technologists, nurses, physicians and therapists and for use in a laboratory environment, near patient or point-of-care setting. Also, Intended for in vitro testing of samples of heparinized whole blood. Recall #...
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Company: Accuray Inc..Date of Enforcement Report 2/9/2011 Class ll: PRODUCT Radiation therapy device. Medical charged particle radiation therapy system with software version. Model Numbers: Multi Plan Treatment Planning System, Software version 3.0, 3.1, 3.5.0, and 3.5.1. For the treatment planning and image guided radiosurgery and precision radiotherapy of lesions, tumors and conditions anywhere in the...
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http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DevelopmentApprovalProcess/FormsSubmissionRequirements/ElectronicSubmissions/ucm229642.htm
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At the October AAMI Software Validation Course the FDA instructor indicated that the device center is not participating in this and that the Drug center’s intent is to gather information on how companies handle electronic records and signatures and not to ramp up enforcement of Part 11.
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FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research released SOPP 8116 “Using Electronic Signatures for Investigational and Marketing Regulatory Document Concurrence/Signoff” Version #4 Effective Date: August 10, 2010. This describes their approach to using electronic signatures for certain regulatory approvals (including correspondence and premarket submissions) and is based on applying each person’s network profile identification via...
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Recipient: OptoviIe, Inc.. Product: RTVue Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) with the Normative Database (NDB) Date: 6/11/10 Our inspection revealed your device is adulterated under section 501(f)(1)(B) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. 351(f)(1)(B), because you do not have an approved application for premarket approval (PMA) in effect pursuant to section 515(a) of the Act, 21 U.S.C....
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Recipient: 3CPM, Inc.Product: electrogastrogram (EGG) devices Date: 325/10 6. Failure to establish and maintain procedures for the identification, documentation, validation or where appropriate verification, review, and approval of design changes before their implementation, as required by 21 CFR 820.30(i). For example: b. When requested, no evidence that the changes made to the finished device or...
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Company: Sunrise Pharmaceutical, Inc Date: 1/14/10 Product: Pharmaceuticals Your firm has not exercised appropriate controls over computer or related systems to assure that changes in master production and control records or other records are instituted only by authorized personnel [21 CFR 211.68(b)]. For example, your firm lacks systems to ensure that all electronic data generated...
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This content is only available to Premium and higher subscribers.  See our Subscribe page for information on subscriptions. The pdf at the link provided contains a set of FDA reference documents and partial examples used in SoftwareCPR training courses on Validation of Production and Quality System Software and Part 11. This is just a partial set and...
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Recipient: GE Healthcare Integrated IT Solutions Product: Centricity Imaging and other Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) products Date: 8/12/2008 1. Failure to establish and maintain adequate procedures for analyzing processes, work operations, concessions, quality audit reports, quality records, service records, complaints, returned product, and other sources of quality data to identify existing and potential...
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The link provided contains an academic presentation on good records management in general both paper and electronic. It identifies a number of standards that may be of value in establishing a good records management system. Records Management Standards Presentation 101706
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Recipient: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.. Product: molecular imaging diagnostic equipment device(s Date: 1/28/2008 This inspection revealed these devices are adulterated within the meaning of Section 501(h) of the Act [21 USC 351(h)], in the methods used in, or the facilities or controls used for, their manufacture, packing, storage, or installation are not in conformity...
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Recipient:Cardinal Enterprises, Inc Product: drug products. Date: 12/1/2007 This inspection revealed significant deviations from Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) Regulations (Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (21 “CFR), Parts 210 and 211). These deviations cause the drug products manufactured at this facility to be adulterated within the meaning of Section 501(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Food,...
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This content is only available to Premium and higher subscribers.  See our Subscribe page for information on subscriptions. 21 CFR Part 11 is a topic of current focus for FDA and industry.  This manual contains the most important FDA documents related to Part 11 as well as some key SoftwareCPR educational Aides as listed below: This manual...
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This content is only available to Premium and higher subscribers.  See our Subscribe page for information on subscriptions. 21 CFR Part 11 is a topic of current focus for FDA and industry. In February 2003 FDA announced a major change in direction regarding Part 11 and withdrew all previous draft Part 11 guidance and the Part 11...
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Recipient: Patterson Technology Center Inc. Product:EagleSoft software Date:10/24/06 Failure to maintain procedures for receiving and evaluating complaints by a fomally designated unit; failure to establish and maintain adequate procedures for implementing corrective and preventive action; failure to establish and maintain adequate design control procedures to ensure design procedures address the planning, inputs, outputs, review, verification,...
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http://www.21cfrpart11.com/pages/sol_prov/solution_providers.htm
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