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Briefing No. 42 · October 19, 2026 · sent to subscribers

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Weekly GxP Briefing
Briefing No. 42 · Oct 19, 2026 · FDA · EMA · MHRA · Health Canada
 
This week: 1 EU GMP non-compliance report · 4 MHRA alerts · 11 Health Canada recalls · 2 new final FDA guidances.
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FDA FINAL GUIDANCE
Blood Pressure and Pulse Donor Eligibility Requirements – Compliance Policy: Guidance for Industry
Blood, Blood Products · Oct 14, 2026
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FDA COMMENT WINDOW
Determining Whether To Submit an ANDA or a 505(b)(2) Application; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability
Comments close Oct 19, 2026
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FDA COMMENT WINDOW
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Requ…
Comments close Oct 21, 2026
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FDA COMMENT WINDOW
Product-Specific Guidances; Draft and Revised Draft Guidances for Industry; Availability
Comments close Oct 23, 2026
EU EMA CONSULTATION
Concept paper on the need for revision of the guideline on clinical investigation of medicinal products in th…
Opened Oct 19, 2026 · EMA publishes no closing date
The enforcement desk · FDA · EU · UK · Canada
 
EU NON-COMPLIANCE
GMP non-compliance — Glukem Biocare Private Limited
India · MT/004NCR/2026 · Oct 16, 2026
UK FIELD SAFETY NOTICE
Field Safety Notices: 27 to 31 January 2025
Oct 16, 2026
CA HEALTH PRODUCTS
ARCHITECT "I" System - i2000SR Processing Module - Class 4
Oct 16, 2026
FDA WARNING LETTER
CGMP/Food/Prepared, Packed or Held Under Insanitary Conditions/Adulterated
Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Inc. · Oct 13, 2026
UK ALERT
Nova Biomedical StatStrip ketone test strips: risk of disruption to blood ketone testing due to qua…
Oct 16, 2026
CA HEALTH PRODUCTS
NICO Myriad™ 19x21.5 MHP Paediscope
Oct 16, 2026
Decoded
 
21 CFR 111.100
A dietary-supplement manufacturer did not establish, maintain, and follow the written procedures required for its manufacturing operations, so the production and process controls were not defined and consistently applied.
The recurring root cause: Required manufacturing SOPs never established, so operations run on undocumented practice.
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