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Record Nr.

UNINA9910697853703321

Titolo

Drug safety [[electronic resource] ] : better data management and more inspections are needed to strengthen FDA's foreign drug inspection program : report to congressional requesters

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2008]

Descrizione fisica

ii, 53 pages : digital, PDF file

Soggetti

Drugs - Safety measures

Pharmaceutical industry - Foreign countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Nov. 20, 2008).

"September 2008."

"GAO-08-970."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

This report examines (1) the extent to which FDA has accurate data on the number of foreign establishments subject to inspection, (2) the frequency of foreign inspections, and (3) oversight by FDA to ensure that foreign establishments correct serious problems identified during inspections.