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FDA Should Implement Strategies to Retain Its Inspection Workforce

The Food and Drug Administration paused many drug manufacturer inspections during the COVID-19 pandemic. Inspections help ensure that the ...

FDA struggles to retain inspectors: GAO - Becker's Hospital Review

"New report reveals significant staffing shortages in FDA's drug inspection workforce, hindering oversight of foreign drug manufacturing.

FDA has massive backlog of factory inspections as staffers leave for ...

The FDA halted all but the most “mission critical” inspections in March 2020. It gradually restarted prioritized inspections later that year, ...

FDA struggles to retain inspectors: GAO - RamaOnHealthcare

FDA struggles to retain inspectors: GAO ... The FDA continues to face significant staffing shortages in its drug inspection workforce, according ...

FDA still lacks enough inspectors, GAO says - STAT News

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Food and Drug Administration continues to struggle with a lack of investigators needed to inspect ...

FDA's Foreign Inspections of Drug Manufacturers Have Not ...

But FDA paused many of its in-person inspection efforts during COVID-19 because of travel disruptions and safety concerns. So now that COVID is ...

Nearly 2,000 drug manufacturing plants are overdue ... - Baltimore Sun

Nearly 2,000 drug manufacturing plants are overdue for FDA inspections after COVID delays, AP finds ...

Inspections Yield Valuable Results, Regardless of Classification - FDA

Inspecting regulated manufacturers is a critical part of the FDA's public health protection mission. Rigorous oversight of the industries we ...

FDA is still struggling to inspect clinical research sites, watchdog finds

By comparison, the FDA inspected 976 clinical study sites in 2017. And the FDA was unable to complete about 30% of one type of common inspection ...

US FDA struggling to keep up with clinical research inspections

The lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing recruitment/retention issues are making it difficult for the U.S. FDA's ...

Inspections, Compliance, Enforcement, and Criminal Investigations

... and criminal investigations. Working with a wide range of partnerships and the latest science—OII is the FDA in your community, working to keep you safe.

Pandemic Forces F.D.A. to Sharply Curtail Drug Company Inspections

The F.D.A. conducted 52 inspections of domestic pharmaceutical plants between March 2020, when the pandemic took hold in the U.S., and Oct. 1, ...

FDA Inspections: A Vital Public Safety Net

The FDA mission cannot be fulfilled without its investigators, people highly skilled, technically trained, and prepared to carry out inspections ...

How to Help an FDA Food-Safety Inspection Run Smoothly

If the investigators collect samples during the inspection, let them know whether your firm will voluntarily hold product pending receipt of the ...

The FDA Has Failed to Inspect Thousands of Drug Manufacturing Labs

In early September 2024, an Associated Press (AP) investigation revealed that the FDA has struggled to keep up with inspections of medication ...

Government shutdown stops FDA food safety inspections - NBC News

But the FDA has virtually stopped inspecting domestic food production facilities, which could mean threats to the public are going undetected. “ ...

The FDA Says Most Food Inspections Are Halted Due To ... - Yahoo

The halt in inspections comes after hundreds of FDA inspectors were furloughed due to the partial government shutdown, The Washington Post ...

Outgoing regulatory chief details hiring and retention challenges for ...

The hiring of new FDA inspectors continues to be a challenging task as the agency is losing inspectors more quickly than it's able to bring ...

New Authorities Help FDA Maintain Oversight of Clinical Research

During inspections, FDA investigators verbally discuss any potential violations they observe, communicating them to the most responsible ...

FDA's Foreign Inspections of Drug Manufacturers Have ... - YouTube

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspects drug manufacturers here and overseas to ensure the safety and quality of drug sold in the ...