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How do repeat observations compare between North America and the Asia-Pacific regions?

Repeat observations are FDA 483 observations from more than one inspection. Receiving repeat observations is likely to lead to further enforcement actions.

When it comes to repeat observations, how do the United States and Canada compare to other regions, such as the Asia-Pacific region? Does one region receive more repeat observations than the other?

Let us take a look!

Within Redica, we ran two reports that take a deep dive into FDA 483 observations. In this case, we generated a report showing the number of human drug GMP 483 observations for the period of 2007-2022 (a 15-year time frame).

We ran the same report for both North America (the United States and Canada) and the Asia-Pacific region.

Within the 15-year period, there were eight 483 repeat observations at North American facilities and nine for facilities in the Asia-Pacific region. So, pretty much on par for each region.

Repeat Observations by Region — **Redica Systems Enforcement Analytics | Repeat Observations**

We also ran the same report for Europe and there were no 483 repeat observations for that region in the selected time frame.

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