FDA 483 OBSERVATION · #1272 OF 1,932 MOST-CITED

Investigator statement (FDA 1572)

FDA cited this observation 11 times across 11 firms in recent inspections. Below: how it breaks down by program area and fiscal year, and real examples of how FDA worded it on Form FDA 483.

What this grouping is not

An observation-type page groups FDA’s published citation records. The grouping, the compliance steps and the root causes are SPEQ synthesis, not an FDA classification of any citation, and a count measures what FDA published rather than risk.

BY PROGRAM AREA
Bioresearch Monitoring11
BY FISCAL YEAR
FY20262
FY20241
FY20231
FY20221
FY20211
FY20191
FY20182
FY20171
FY20161

How FDA worded it — real examples

Failure to obtain a complete investigator statement, form FDA-1572, before permitting an investigator to participate in an investigation.

Vera Therapeutics, Inc. · Brisbane, California · Bioresearch Monitoring · 2026-03-02

Failure to obtain a complete investigator statement, form FDA-1572, before permitting an investigator to participate in an investigation.

Grifols Diagnostic Solutions, Inc. · Emeryville, California · Bioresearch Monitoring · 2025-10-31

Failure to obtain a complete investigator statement, form FDA-1572, before permitting an investigator to participate in an investigation.

Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Cranbury, New Jersey · Bioresearch Monitoring · 2024-01-25

Failure to obtain an investigator statement, form FDA-1572, before permitting an investigator to participate in an investigation.

Richard W. Foltin, Ph.D. · New York, New York · Bioresearch Monitoring · 2023-03-17

Failure to obtain a complete investigator statement, form FDA-1572, before permitting an investigator to participate in an investigation.

Stephen G. Kaler, M.D. · Columbus, Ohio · Bioresearch Monitoring · 2022-06-14

Failure to obtain an investigator statement, form FDA-1572, before permitting an investigator to participate in an investigation.

Richard J. Obiso, PhD dba Avila Herbals, LLC · Christiansburg, Virginia · Bioresearch Monitoring · 2021-07-26

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