FDA Cites Chinese Heparin Makers

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Posted on 21st April 2009 by gjohnson in Uncategorized

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The FDA on April 14 issued a warning letter to two Chinese companies for shipping Heparin after the FDA closed Chinese imports of the drug- Qingdao Jiulong Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. and Shanghai No. 1 Biochemical & Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. The Warning letter to Qingdao Jiulong Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. (Qingdao) highlights similar problems in production as were found in the Inspection of Chanzghou SPL, discussed recently on this blog. Those problems included:
  • 1. Qingdao’s quality unit failed to have the appropriate system and procedures to provide confidence that the drugs manufactured at the facility met the intended specifications for identity, strength, quality and purity.
  • 2. Qingdao failed to conduct and document regular product quality reviews for the drugs produced that would include at a minimum, a review of critical in-process controls and test results; review of all batches that failed to meet the established specifications; and investigation of process deviations and complaints to ensure the product remains within specifications and that corrective actions had been implemented.
  • 3. Qingdao failed to investigate specific discrepancies related to the lots of impure drugs supplied to its customers. The FDA learned that heparin sodium lots manufactured at Qingdao’s facility were determined to be contaminated with OSCS. At the time of the inspection, no investigation had been conducted into this repeated and unacceptable contamination.
We will look at each specific issue on these warning letters in our subsequent blogs. However, that these problems are now occurring at other Chinese suppliers shows how perilous it was for Baxter to import Heparin from a place so seemingly incapable of controlling quality, purity and standards.


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