US FDA Resumes China, India Inspections In Bid To Keep Drug Approvals On Schedule

Agency’s struggle to meet user fee commitments despite travel restrictions expected to worsen as pandemic continues into 2021.

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The US Food and Drug Administration has resumed inspections in China and plans to resume them in India soon as the agency struggles to meet user fee goals during the pandemic, Patrizia Cavazzoni, acting director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said on Twitter on 26 January.

“It has required extensive efforts for FDA to meet user fee goals during the COVID-19 pandemic at a level similar...

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