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Manual Visual Inspection is Still Critical

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Automated visual inspection has been created to perform as an alternative to manual visual inspection.  This type of inspection is used to lower the cost and speed up the inspection process; pushing more drugs into the market.  In USP <1790> it explains that any inspection other than manual inspection has to be “equivalent or better … Read more

Getting Particular About Particulates

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Trisha Gladd, Editor for Life Science Connect, wrote an article for Pharmaceutical Online. Which talked about the rise of FDA recalls due to the presence of particulate matter in injectables. Trisha interviewed vice president of quality assurance at West Pharmaceutical Services, Bob Nase, who stated that the process of creating and filling the injectable drugs … Read more