FDA 483 OBSERVATION · #839 OF 1,932 MOST-CITED

Reasonably foreseeable risks or discomforts

FDA cited this observation 23 times across 23 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 Monitoring23
BY FISCAL YEAR
FY20261
FY20251
FY20241
FY20221
FY20212
FY20201
FY20193
FY20182
FY20179
FY20162

How FDA worded it — real examples

The informed consent document lacked a description of reasonably foreseeable risks or discomforts to the subject.

Endovascular Engineering, Inc · Menlo Park, California · Bioresearch Monitoring · 2026-07-21

The informed consent document lacked a description of reasonably foreseeable risks or discomforts to the subject.

Julia C. Carnevale, M.D. · San Francisco, California · Bioresearch Monitoring · 2024-12-12

The informed consent document lacked a description of reasonably foreseeable risks or discomforts to the subject.

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc · Washington, District of Columbia · Bioresearch Monitoring · 2024-03-12

The informed consent document lacked a description of reasonably foreseeable risks or discomforts to the subject.

Legacy Health IRB · Portland, Oregon · Bioresearch Monitoring · 2021-12-17

The informed consent document lacked a description of reasonably foreseeable risks or discomforts to the subject.

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

The informed consent document lacked a description of reasonably foreseeable risks or discomforts to the subject.

Benjamin S. Gonzalez, MD · Silver Spring, Maryland · Bioresearch Monitoring · 2021-02-03

Related SPEQ references

Where to read the requirements behind this observation area on SPEQ. These are SPEQ's topic and audience pages — not an FDA classification of the citation.

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