Microbiology FDA 483 (Zydus Lifesciences): Procedures designed to prevent microbiological contamination are not written and followed

Observation

Procedures designed to prevent microbiological contamination of drug products purporting to be sterile are not written and followed

Facility Type

Sterile Manufacturing

Firm / Company

Zydus Lifesciences Limited

System

Quality System, Laboratory Controls, Facility and Equipment System

Details

Specifically,

(A) On 3/21/2024 we inspected the aseptic filling line *** room and observed operators loading the *** for load pattern 45 in preparation for the manufacture of *** injection lot *** per the load pattern, the *** are to be placed on the *** in the *** position for sterilization. When we inspected the *** (after the operators *** into the *** the *** were noted in the *** position. The noted ***are used to provide *** during aseptic operations in the RABS.

 

(B) Your film’s sterility test procedure is inadequate as it only instructs QC microbiologists to observe for microbial contamination via turbidity. Procedure 0318-SOP-QC-00085 does not include instructions for evaluation of samples for atypical microbiological growth that can present as other than turbidity (suspensions, particles, filaments).

Record Date

04/2024

FEI Number

3007621329

Country

India

Citation Type

483

Audit Duration (Days)

7

Investigators

Sean R Marcsisin, Lori M Newman
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