House Committee Wants Answers On Foreign Inspections And Valsartan Crisis

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is concerned about the growing number of recalls of blood pressure medicines from foreign manufacturing sites in China and India and wants answers from GAO and FDA.

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Members of Congress are concerned about the rising number of recalls of blood pressure medications and are asking the US Food and Drug Administration and the General Accountability Office for information on the agency's foreign inspection program. They are concerned that the agency may lack the resources and management practices to adequately oversee foreign inspections.

These concerns also stem from recent media reports that the FDA’s field inspection staff and managers at the FDA’s Center...

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