Durham Reporter

There were 16 companies in cities associated with Durham County, North Carolina, that received 16 FDA inspections in the second quarter of 2023, according to reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This is a 33.3% increase over the number of companies inspected in the previous quarter, when 12 companies received 12 inspections.

Most of the companies inspected at the time were involved in the Devices and Food and Cosmetics sectors. The second most common type of company inspected worked in the Drugs sector.

There were 11 companies in line with FDA regulations that do not need to adjust their management operations or regulatory/administrative actions (68.8%). Five should take voluntary action to correct their management operations (31.3%).

The FDA routinely inspects facilities across the nation to determine if the workplace and their products are compliant with FDA-regulated laws and regulations implemented to improve overall public health. Inspection results are then disclosed publicly.

The FDA is a government agency that is primarily responsible for monitoring the production and distribution of human and animal drugs, biological products, medical supplies and tobacco products for safety quality, according to its website.

Company Name	Area of Business	Inspection Date	Result
AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation	Food and Cosmetics	06/15/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Blood Connection, Inc.	Biologics	06/23/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Carolina Conceptions, PA	Biologics	06/01/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
CivaTech Oncology, Inc.	Devices	06/14/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Clear Choice Therapeutics, Inc.	Devices	05/11/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Deep Blue Medical Advances, Inc.	Devices	05/18/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Epiphany Craft Malt	Food and Cosmetics	05/16/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
IQVIA Biotech	Drugs	04/27/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Merz North America, Inc.	Devices	06/22/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
North Carolina State University Dairy Plant	Food and Cosmetics	06/29/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Novan, Inc.	Drugs	06/07/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Premier Research and Consulting	Drugs	05/17/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
R & H Produce, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	05/17/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
The ICEE Company	Food and Cosmetics	04/04/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Inc.	Drugs	06/29/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
restor3d, Inc.	Devices	05/12/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)