FDA Ups Recent Recalls

The US regulatory agency recalled 54 percent more drugs from the second to third quarters of 2011.

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The US Food and Drug Administration's increased oversight of US drug manufacturing plants has led to a big jump in the number of drug products recalled in the third quarter of this year, according to a report issued by Stericycle ExpertRECALL, a company that tracks such trends. Specifically, the FDA recorded 150 recalls in the third quarter of 2011, up from 97 in the second quarter.

"The FDA has stepped up its oversight of US manufacturing plants and operations," Stericycle ExpertRECALL Vice President for Recalls Mike Rozembajgier wrote in an email to FiercePharma Manufacturing. "And with the US Government Accountability Office's recent call for the agency to intensify its efforts to track and regulate overseas pharmaceutical manufacturing, we can expect the FDA to intensify its ...

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Bob Grant
From 2017 to 2022, Bob Grant was Editor in Chief of The Scientist, where he started in 2007 as a Staff Writer. Before joining the team, he worked as a reporter at Audubon and earned a master’s degree in science journalism from New York University. In his previous life, he pursued a career in science, getting a bachelor’s degree in wildlife biology from Montana State University and a master’s degree in marine biology from the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Bob edited Reading Frames and other sections of the magazine.
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