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IA #57-14, 1/26/06 - IMPORT ALERT #57-14, "DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL
           EXAMINATION OF BIOLOGIC DRUGS FROM FIRMS THAT HAVE NOT MET DRUG
           GMPs"


TYPE OF ALERT: Detention Without Physical Examination.

          (Note: This import alert contains guidance to FDA field personnel
          regarding the manufacturer and products at issue.  It does not
          create or confer any rights for or on any person and does not
          operate to bind FDA or the public.)

PRODUCT   :    Various biologic drugs (see attachment)

PRODUCT CODE:  See attachment

PROBLEM   :    Failure to meet drug GMPs
               (OASIS Charge Code = DRUG GMPS)

PAC       :    See attachment

PAF       :    DRT

COUNTRY   :    See attachment

MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER   :    See attachment

MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER ID #:  See attachment

IMPORTERS :    See attachment

CHARGE    :    "The article is subject to refusal of admission pursuant to
               Section 801(a)(3) in that the methods and controls used in
               its manufacture and control of biologic drug products do not
               appear to conform to current good manufacturing practices
               (GMPs) within the meaning of Section 501(a)(2)(B)."

RECOMMENDING
OFFICE    :    CBER, Office of Compliance and Biologics Quality Division of
               Case Management, HFM-610

REASON FOR
ALERT          :    FDA will detain affected products if inspection has revealed
                    that a firm is not operating in conformity with current good
                    manufacturing practices (GMPs) and if the firm has deviated
                    from the manufacture of its product(s) in accordance with
                    the regulations and applicable standards in its U.S.
                    License.  When FDA confirms that the appropriate corrections
                    have been made, the respective firm and their biologic drug
                    product(s) will be removed from detention.

GUIDANCE  :    Districts may detain without physical examination the
               specified biologic drug product(s) from the firms listed in
               the attachment to his alert.


FOI       :    No purging is required.

PREPARED BY:   Fredda Shere-Valenti, DIOP, (301) 443-6553.

KEYWORDS  :    GMPs, Biologic drug, Tetanus toxoid, Blood


Date Loaded
into FIARS  :  April 12, 1999

                                 ATTACHMENT TO IMPORT ALERT# 57-14                      1/26/06

PRODUCT:       Tetanus Toxoid Adsorbed;
               Typhoid Vaccine Live Oral Ty21a

PRODUCT CODE:  57 BY-06
               57 YY-99

PAC:           42R800

COUNTRY:

MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER:

MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER ID#:


PRODUCT:       All Products (including Whole Blood, Red Blood Cells and
               Whole Blood CPDA-1, and Recovered Plasma)

PRODUCT CODE:  GPI = "BI"

PAC:           42R800

COUNTRY:       Germany (DE)

MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER:       Bavarian Red Cross
               Herzog-Heinrich-Strasse 4
               D-80336, Munich, Germany
               U.S. License #1002-001

MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER ID#:   FEI# 3002545763

NOTE:          Bavarian Red Cross operation locations under its
               U.S. license #1002:

               Bavarian Red Cross
               Herzog-Heinrich-Strasse 4
               D-80336 Munich, Germany
               U.S. License #1002-001
               FEI #3002545763

               Hoher Kreuz Weg 7
               D-93055 Regensburg, Germany
               U.S. License #1002-002
               FEI # 3002545773

               Westheimer Strasse 80
               D-86156 Augsburg, Germany
               U.S. License #1002-003
               FEI # 3002545774

               Flurstrasse 17
               D-90419 Nuremburg, Germany
               U.S. License #1002-004
               FEI #3002545776

               Klinikstrasse 5
               D-97070 Wurzburg, Germany
               U.S. License #1002-005
               FEI #3002545780

               D-95445 Bayreuth, Germany
               U.S. License # 1002-006
               FEI #3002545781

               Nickolaus-Fey-Strasse 32
               Wiesentheid, Germany D97353
               U.S. License #1002
               FEI #3002809545

               (Note:    The Wiesentheid facility of the Bavarian Red
                         Cross is a collection, component preparation,
                         and distribution facility/ center. It is an
                         auxiliary facility under the Munich location of
                         the Bavarian Red Cross.  If entries are
                         encountered, contact CBER Import/Export Team at
                         301-827-6201.