Recent FDA Form 483s
To find sites that recently received a Form 483, search by date instead of by company. RegDataLab lists the Form 483s FDA posts in its reading room by posting date, and the inspection citations FDA releases by inspection end date, each tied to the facility, its FEI number, location and site type. Quality teams use it to watch suppliers. Sales and business development teams use it to find sites that now have a problem their product or service solves.
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How to find them
Newly posted Form 483 documents
Filter FDA's reading room by posting date, site type (sterile drug manufacturer, contract manufacturer, testing laboratory and more), country and state. Each result links to the 483 on fda.gov and shows the first observation.
Fresh inspection citations
FDA releases the 21 CFR sections cited at each inspection. Filter by inspection end date and program area, such as Drugs or Devices, to see which sites were cited in the last quarter and for what.
Match the finding to what you sell
Search observation text for a keyword, such as data integrity, cleaning validation or environmental monitoring, or for a CFR section, such as 211.192 on investigations, to get the sites with that specific finding.
Stronger signals: OAI and warning letters
An OAI classification or a warning letter means the site has to act. Both are searchable by date, and both have free RSS feeds.
Ask it in Claude or ChatGPT
- List Form 483s FDA posted in the last 30 days for drug manufacturers, with site, country and the first observation.
- Which US drug sites were cited under 21 CFR 211.192 in inspections that ended in the last 90 days?
- Find sterile drug manufacturers with a Form 483 this year that mentions environmental monitoring.
- Which pharma sites got an OAI classification or a warning letter last quarter? Group by state.
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Questions
- How can I find pharma sites that just got a Form 483?
- FDA has no single list of new Form 483s. Two public sources show them: the Office of Inspections and Investigations reading room, where FDA posts selected Form 483 documents, and the FDA Data Dashboard, which releases the citations from each inspection. RegDataLab checks both daily and lets you filter by posting date, inspection date, site type, country, state, CFR section and keyword.
- How soon after an inspection does a Form 483 become public?
- Not right away. Citations usually reach FDA's Data Dashboard weeks to a few months after the inspection ends. Form 483 documents can reach the reading room several months after they were issued, and FDA posts only some of them. Each RegDataLab result shows both the inspection date and the date FDA posted the record.
- Can I use Form 483s for sales prospecting?
- Yes. They are public records. A recent 483 tells you which site has which finding, so outreach can be specific. Quote the observation accurately and remember that a Form 483 lists an investigator's observations, not a final FDA decision.
- Can I filter to pharma sites only?
- Yes. Reading room records carry a site type, such as sterile drug manufacturer, outsourcing facility or contract manufacturer, and inspection citations carry a program area, such as Drugs, Devices or Biologics.
- Is there a feed of new FDA enforcement activity?
- Yes. RegDataLab publishes free RSS feeds of new warning letters, OAI inspections and recalls, and a page for each month with that month's warning letters, OAI inspections and most-cited Form 483 sections.
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- Add https://www.regdatalab.com/mcp as a custom connector (Claude: Customize, Connectors, Add custom connector; ChatGPT: Plugins, Add, Add custom MCP server, Authentication OAuth), sign in with your key, then ask in plain English. 50 credits now, 300 credits a month once you verify your email.
- Is RegDataLab part of the FDA?
- No. RegDataLab is an independent data product built on public FDA records. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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