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Food and drug law attorneys outlined ways the industry can meet these requirements at a 15 April traceability forum on DSCSA implementation sponsored by the Healthcare Distributors Association (HDA)."

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FDA is issuing this guidance to describe how we will request and conduct voluntary remote interactive evaluations at facilities where drugs are manufactured, processed, packed, or held; facilities covered under FDA's bioresearch monitoring (BIMO) program; and outsourcing facilities registered under section 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) for the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

This policy is intended to remain in effect only for the duration of the public health emergency related to COVID-19 declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on January 31, 2020, effective January 27, 2020, including any renewals made by the HHS Secretary in accordance with section 319(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) (42 U.S.C. 247d(a)(2))."

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Drug industry pushes FDA to solve growing inspection backlog - Politico

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"From March through September, FDA inspected just three plants outside the U.S., well below the 600-plus it visited in each of the prior two years, the Government Accountability Office said last month. FDA has also struggled to keep up with inspections within U.S. borders, conducting just 52 during the same seven-month period last year, compared with roughly 400 each in 2019 and 2018."

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"The FDA has appointed its first medical device cybersecurity chief to help guide the agency’s regulatory strategies as more devices become interconnected—and potentially more vulnerable to digital attacks and breaches.

Kevin Fu, an associate professor and research fellow at the University of Michigan, was named to the post. He will serve a one-year term as an expert-in-residence at the agency’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) as well as at its nascent Digital Health Center of Excellence, which launched last fall."

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"Perhaps more than most other industries, the landscape of pharma was radically altered by the pandemic. Now, with an end to the coronavirus within reach, experts say that the industry will soon be taking stock of how it navigated the pandemic and what the sudden shifts in operations and regulations could mean in the long-term. 

Here’s a look at some of the top trends experts say will impact the industry in 2021 and predictions about how the pandemic could permanently change life in pharma."

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• Supply chain
• Manufacturing technologies
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Woodcock is expected to serve as acting head of the drug regulator after Biden’s inauguration next week, while being vetted by the Biden team for the permanent job along with former FDA principal deputy commissioner Joshua Sharfstein, according to the people."

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6 Things We Need From FDA Before Full 2023 DSCSA Enforcement - BioProcess Online

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"The journey to industry compliance with the U.S. Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) continues to twist and turn with recent requirements going into effect for distributors and dispenser and subsequent delays on enforcement of some of those requirements until Nov. 27, 2023."

"The discussions and perspectives in the meeting were often conflicting and sometimes seemed to ignore insights developed over the past years by several industry workgroups. We would like to suggest some concrete actions the FDA can take now to help bring together a complex and diverse number of sectors in advance of 2023 enforcement:"

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From our archives: Despite the COVID-19 pandemic severely curtailing the US FDA’s ability to conduct on-site facility inspections, it’s still vitally important for manufacturers to remain audit-ready. In this collection of a 10-part Compliance Corner series, four longtime industry experts share evergreen advice on the best and worst things firms could do during an inspection."

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