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Article: FDA looks ahead to legislation to provide resources and authority to secure drug products.
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- Inspection Monitor
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
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CORONADO, CA -- FDA is awaiting potential legislation that would give the agency more power, resources and tools to ensure a safe supply chain for drugs and biologics, administration representatives told members of the Parenteral Drug Assn. here Dec. 3-5. They also gave tips for uncovering unethical behavior that could harm the supply chain.
The draft Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008 "will provide for significant changes in current systems and resources," said Edwin Rivera-Martinez, Chief of the Manufacturing Assessment and Preapproval Compliance Branch, Division of Manufacturing and Product Quality in the Center for Drugs Office of ...