FDA Aligns New Pharmaceutical Inspectorate Into Six Divisions
Executive Summary
US FDA’s structure for its new pharmaceutical inspectorate, part of the massive reorganization of the Office of Regulatory Affairs, includes four domestic divisions, a fifth handling foreign inspections and the sixth handling program functions. New staff directory could prove valuable to pharmaceutical companies learning to interact with a very different field organization.
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