Excerpt: According to one industry report, the number of FDA inspection reports has skyrocketed to an all-time high. Read more
Excerpt: For comparison, the average count of observations in a 483 inspection report is six, says Tony Chen. He's CEO at FDAzilla.com, a website dedicated to making FDA information easier to access and understand than the FDA site. FDAzilla is cited as a source in the MSNBC story.
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Excerpt: The inspection documents, known as FDA Form 483s, were obtained by msnbc.com from a confidential source and confirmed by FDAzilla.com, an independent Web site that monitors the FDA. Copies of the documents were sent to the FDA for review; the agency did not deny their authenticity. Read more
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