Failure to Validate Software


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Warning Letter: Newer Software not validated (ucm340300)

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Failure to establish and maintain procedures for validating the device design to ensure that devices conform to defined user needs and intended uses and shall include testing of production units under actual or simulated use conditions, as required by 21 CFR 820.30(g). For example: Your firm’s design validation procedures outlined in Section 4.6 of the Design Control Procedure, Doc. No. [redacted] do not ensure that the results of the design validation, including identification of the design, methods, the date, and the individuals performing the validation are documented in the Design History File (DHF). Thirty test records from a clinical study conducted as part of the design validation for the AnyView A8 Monitor were reviewed. The results of the design validation, including the identification of the design, the unit tested, the date, and the individuals performing the validation were not documented. In addition, the investigator noted that a software revision had since occurred; however, your firm admitted that the newer software version had not undergone software validation.

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Warning Letter: Lack of system control (ucm075766)

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You failed to establish and maintain process control procedures , including documented instructions and written SOPs for steps in the testing of blood and blood components [21 CFR 606.100(b), 820.70(a)(1)]. Specifically: “a) There are no written procedures describing computer software[redacted] functional requirements or descriptions of functions and there is no computer manual. The database functions as the information management tool used to collect, organize, process, analyze, secure and maintain testing data. “We also note that you have failed to establish an adequate system for authorizing, granting, and rescinding computer access to functions in the [redacted] and adequate computer security provisions to assure data integrity. Current users do not use appropriate access such as passwords and user-id and personnel who have changed jobs still have access to the system.

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Warning Letter: Failure to report significant software changes (ucm339489)

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Specifically, the Alcon LenSx Laser System was cleared via K101626, with operating software version 2.02. Your firm has since made multiple revisions to the software, and the LenSx Laser System was running software version 2.13 at the time of the inspection. FDA reviewed your software changes from version 2.02 to version 2.13 and determined that some changes are significant with respect to your original premarket clearance submission and may affect the safety and efficacy of the device. A new 510(k) is required for these changes. … It is your responsibility to report to FDA all significant modifications, including software changes that may change the design or performance and/or affect the safety and efficacy of your devices.

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Warning Letter: Failed to validate computer software (ucm178264)

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Failure to validate computer software for its intended use according to an established protocol when computers or automated data processing systems are used as part of production or the quality system as required by 21 CFR 820.70(i).

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Warning Letter: Failure to validate computer software (ucm319510)

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Failure to validate computer software for its intended use according to an established protocol, when computers or automated data processing systems are used as part of production or a quality system, according to established procedure, as required by 21 C.F.R. 820.70(i). For example, there are no procedures that describe the qualification and maintenance of the Sorting software for decay calculations on brachytherapy seeds sorted into inventory. There are no software verification and validation requirements defined in your firm’s procedures, and there are no records documenting that the Sorting software is fully validated for its intended uses.

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Warning Letter: Failure to provide validation documentation (ucm293443)

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Failure to validate computer software used as a part of production or the quality system for its intended use according to an established protocol, as required by 21 CFR 820.70(i). For example, your firm could not provide any documentation to demonstrate that the software used for the 6111 PCB (Printed Circuit Board) check machine [redacted] was validated for its intended use. Your firm’s Department Manager of Regulatory Affairs stated that the software used for the PCB check machine has not been validated.

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Warning Letter: No contols over computer system (ucm278262)

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Your firm has failed to exercise appropriate controls over computer or related systems to assure that the input to and output from the computer or related systems of formulas, other records, or data, are checked for accuracy [21 C.F.R. § 211.68(b)]. For example, your firm’s custom software for your Master Batch Production record, referred to as the “I-131 Database,” has not been validated. This software is responsible for generating the batch production record, performing calculations to produce varying concentrations of drug product, and generating label information for customer vials and lead pigs.

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Warning Letter: Failure to validate computer software (ucm265239)

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Failure to validate computer software for its intended use according to an established protocol , as required by 820.820.70(i). Your firm uses the [redacted] for in-process and final product testing for the [redacted] and the [redacted]. Your firm conducted software validation for the [redacted] and the results are included in the Software Validation Report, dated February 11, 2010.

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Warning Letter: Failure to validate Excel Spreadsheet (ucm256498)

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Failure to validate software used as part of production or the quality system for its intended use according to an established protocol, as required by 21 CFR 820.70(I). For example, your firm did not validate use of an Excel spreadsheet used to calculate the Moisture Vapor Transmission Rate (MVTR) per test procedure [redacted] Revision B.

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Warning Letter: System not validated (ucm243585)

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In addition, we remain concerned that your [redacted] adverse drug experience reporting system has not been fully validated, and may have resulted in inaccurate assessment and untimely submission of 15-day alerts. The current application was released into production on November 9, 2009 using an Interim Validation report (IVR) that is still not final. Critical issues (deviations) identified in your interim validation report during the inspection included the following, but is not limited to: lack of training for your [redacted] support team, incomplete SOPs and Work Instructions, and inaccurate data migration of legacy adverse experience cases from your previous adverse drug experience database, [redacted]. Currently, your [redacted] system does not display accurate clock dates on MedWatch forms for cases which were initially entered in [redacted] and later entered into [redacted] due to the receipt of additional information (follow-up) for the same cases. MedWatch forms printed out from [redacted] for these migrated cases are documented as initial 15-day reports, instead of follow-up reports. Also, the report date in Block B5 of the MedWatch form is the print date, not the actual date of submission. Shortcomings such as these affect the accuracy, reliability, consistency of the system and your firm’s ability to discern invalid or altered electronic records or make timely submissions to FDA as required.

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