Source: https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/fujifilm-medical-systems-usa-inc-08122015
Timestamp: 2019-06-18 00:11:22
Document Index: 722712382

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 321', '§351', 'art 820', '§352', '§360', 'art 806']

Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. - 08/12/2015 | FDA
Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. - 08/12/2015
Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. 12/08/2015
Dear Mr. Goto:
Fujifilm Corporation, located at Kaisei-Machi, Miyanodai 798 Ashigarakami­ Gun, Kanagawa 258-8538, Japan, on April 23, 2015 through May 1, 2015 (Miyanodai);
Fujifilm Optics Co. Ltd. Mito, located at 4112 Tono Hitachiomiya City, lbaraki 319-2224, Japan,on April13, 2015 through April 20, 2015 (Mito);
Fujifilm Optics Co. Ltd., located at 700 Konaka-cho, Sano-City, Tochigi 327-0001, Japan, on April 20, 2015 through April 22, 2015 (Sano); and
Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc., located at 10 Highpoint Drive, Wayne, New Jersey 07470, USA, on March 24, 2015 through April 9, 2015 (Wayne).
During these inspections investigators from the FDA determined that your firm manufactures endoscopes and endoscope accessories. Under section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act), 21 U.S.C. § 321(h), these products are devices because they are intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditionsor in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or are intended toaffect the structure or function of the body.
These inspections revealed that your firm's devices are adulterated within the meaning of section 501(h) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. §351(h), in that the methods used in, or the facilities or controls used for, their manufacture, packing, storage, or installation are not in conformity with the current good manufacturing practice requirements of the Quality System (QS) regulation found at Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 820.
We received responses from Mr. Michael S. Heyl, Partner for Hogan Lovells US LLP, dated May 22, 2015, and from Dr. Toshiro Hayakawa, Corporate Vice President, and General Manager of Medical Systems Research and Development Center, dated July 1, 2015, concerning our investigators' observations noted on the Form FDA 483s (FDA 483), List of lnspectional Observations, that were issued to your firm. We address these responses below, in relation to each of the noted violations. These violations include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Failure to establish and maintain procedures to control the design of the device in order to ensure that specified design requirements are met, as required by 21 CFR 820.30. For example (Miyanodai):
a. Your firm's 2014 reprocessing validation for the model ED-530XT duodenoscope did not include evaluating the effects of reprocessing on the O-ring. Your firm conducted one full cycle run of ethylene oxide (EO) sterilization for validation, but did not justify how one full run is indicative of the process being consistent and reproducible.
b. Your firm did not adequately verify that the LT-7F manual air leak tester, an endoscope accessory, was appropriate for use in performing an air leak test for all endoscope models with ventilation connectors.
The adequacy of your firm's responses cannot be determined at this time. Your firm provided a corrective action plan that states it will assess results of new reprocessing validation studies once they are completed, as an input into the development of labeling and future validation studies for new devices or device modifications, which will be reflected in a new procedure. Your firm also stated it will assess all current user manuals for endoscopes currently in the U.S. market under the new procedure to determine whether additional validation activities, including user studies, are required. However, your firm has not completed the implementation of these corrective actions.
a. Your firm's Corrective and Preventive Action procedure (CAPA), (b)(4), does not require analysis of sources of quality data, including from complaints for recurrent failures seen in duodenoscopes returned for servicing, to identify existing and potential causes of nonconforming products or other quality problems. (Wayne)
b. Your firm did not establish criteria to determine whether corrective action is necessary and, where your firm determines that corrective action is necessary, your firm did not establish criteria for determining whether such corrective action is effective for its CAPAs including but not limited to
(b)(4) and (b)(4). (Miyanodai)
c. Your firm does not perform adequate review of all service/repair data for complaint determination. For example, your firm considers service/repair codes including, but not limited to, "(b)(4) FSA Surface blistered," "(b)(4) BSA ring deformed," and "(b)(4) FSA cut" to be routine servicing that does not require complaint determination or analysis. (Miyanodai)
Your firm's response is not adequate for the Wayne facility. With respect to example (a), your firm provided a corrective action plan that includes revising (b)(4) so that all potential quality sources, including complaints and service data, are analyzed for nonconformances and conducting a retrospective review of complaint files and repair work orders. However, there is no indication that the revised (b)(4) will include the requirement to use valid statistical methodology for the analysis of quality data, or that the retrospective review will include all sources of quality data.
The adequacy of your firm's responses regarding the Miyanodai facility cannot be determined at this time. With respect to example (b), your firm indicated that it will revise its Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) (b)(4) Rev. P to require a verification of effectiveness plan be developed for each CAPA, which describes the methods for verifying the effectiveness of the actions taken and the acceptance criteria. With respect to example (c), your firm indicated that it is revising the service and repair process to better identify complaint information form service and repair events. However, your firm has not completed the implementation of these corrective actions.
3. Failure to establish and maintain procedures for acceptance of incoming product to ensure it is inspected, tested, or otherwise verified as conforming to specified requirements, as required by 21 CFR 820.80(b). For example:
a. Your firm's incoming product acceptance procedure, "Procedure manual on incoming inspection of parts and sub-assembly of medical equipment," (b)(4), does not require incoming inspection of critical components used in the production of the endoscopes to ensure conformance to specified quality requirements. Additionally, the procedure establishes a supplier hierarchy (Levels A through E), but does not include a mechanism to ensure all incoming product conforms to specified requirementsover time; and, the procedure does not specify when supplier levels should be downgraded based on their performance.
b. Your firm did not establish written incoming acceptance criteria for the distal tip subassembly or perform dimensional checks of the distal tip subassembliesfor lots#141031 and 150123, as required per the (b)(4) sampling in Procedure (b)(4). (Sano)
c. Your firm did not establish and maintain a procedure requiring inspection of incoming components for evidence of shipping damage. (Mito)
d. Your firm has not established procedures for acceptance of (b)(4) material. This (b)(4) material, supplied by two different vendors, is used for the critical sub-assemblies of the endoscopes and model ED-530XT duodenoscope. Your firm does not perform a receiving inspection or verification activity that confirms each lot of (b)(4) has the same properties, such as viscosity, as the (b)(4) used in its process validation. (Mito)
We have reviewed your firm's responses and concluded that they are not adequate. With respect to examples (a)-(d), your firm's responses state that (b)(4) will be revised to include a process to identify the critical components, and define requirements for performing incoming inspection of components and materials. However, with respect to example (a), your firm's responses do not ensure that deficiencies leading to a failure to detect potential defects in incoming product from Level A suppliers are addressed. Also, with respect to example (d), your firm's responses state that the receiving inspection uses the purchase order to confirm the (b)(4) type and quantity; however, a purchase order that verifies the (b)(4) type was not included for our review.
4. Failure, where the results of a process cannot be fully verified by subsequent inspection and test, to validate the process with a high degree of assurance and to approve according to established procedures, as required by 21 CFR 820.75(a). For example the following deficiencies were observed (Sano):
a. Your firm did not validate the complete range of process parameters used for the (b)(4) of the duodenoscope bending section assembly. Specifically, per validation report (b)(4), your firm validated the operating parameter of (b)(4) for output; however, operating parameters of (b)(4), were used by your firm. In addition, your firm did not document the statistical rationale for the sample size used in the validation.
b. Your firm's EO sterilization validation and annual revalidation includes residual testing for ethylene oxide/ethylene chlorohydrin (ECH), a measure of components' susceptibility to holding residues. However, you did not segregate or determine the worst case materials during EO/ECH residual testing as part of your sterilization validation and annual revalidation testing in order to determine proper aeration time, a critical parameter.
c. Your firm did not conduct growth promotion tests to validate culture media; including, (b)(4), used in bioburden testing of EO sterilized accessories.
We have reviewed your firm's responses and concluded that the adequacyof your firm's responses with respect to examples (a) and (b) cannot be determined at this time. With respect to example (a), your firm provided a corrective action plan that includes revising the Validation Control Standard procedure, (b)(4), to require statistically based sample sizes and documenting the rationale for sample size in the validation report and conducting a retrospective review of validation reports that support manufacturing processes to assess if sample sizes were statistically based. With respect to example (b), your firm's response indicated that it will revise the Endoscope Sterility Process Validation procedure, (b)(4). However, your firm has not completed the implementationof these corrective actions.
We have reviewed your firm's responses and determined that they are not adequate with respect to example (c). Your firm indicated that it will revise its (b)(4) Sterilization Validation procedure, (b)(4). However, your firm's responses do not address growth promotion testing for culture media.
5. Failure to establish and maintain procedures for receiving, reviewing, and evaluating complaints by a formally designated unit, as required by 21 CFR 820.198(a). For example (Miyanodai):
a. Your firm did not follow its "Complaint Handling for Medical Device" procedure, (b)(4). For example, the definition of what constitutes a complaint in section 3.1, and sources of complaint information in section 5.0, include data reported from service reports obtained from your servicing/repair facilities. However, the following service reports were not investigated as a complaint, and a justification for the lack of investigation was not recorded:
i. Device EC-530HL2, Serial Number NC644A336 was reported with description "The prism separation was confirmed during incoming inspection from Japan as complaint 12712.,
ii. Device EG-530WR, Serial Number NG320A970, was reported with description "disables light control."
b. Your firm did not evaluate incoming complaints and service data for the model ED-530XT duodenoscope received from your Wayne facility that included distal end cap failure and fluid invasion and determine if the failures were attributed to a design failure or manufacturingfailure.
The adequacy of your firm's responses cannot be determined at this time. Your firm provided a corrective action plan that includes revising (b)(4) to evaluate service records. Additionally, your firm will perform a two year retrospective review of repair work orders to determine if they meet the definition of a complaint and require a CAPA. However, your firm has not completed the implementationof these corrective actions.
6. Failure to establish and maintain procedures to ensure that all purchased or otherwise received product and services conform to specified requirements, as required by 21 CFR 820.50. For example (Miyanodai):
Your firm's purchasing control procedures ("Purchase Control Regulations," (b)(4) do not contain specific criteria for properly evaluating servicing and repair of after-market endoscopes. Specifically, your firm has eleven quality agreements with facilities you utilize for servicing/repairsof endoscopes,ten of which state that the servicing company must have complaint procedures in place. However, your firm has not audited these 10 facilities to ensure that they have these complaint procedures.
The adequacy of your firm's responses cannot be determined at this time. Your firm provided a corrective action plan that includes defining a better supplier qualification process and adding requirements for auditing to include the assessment of processes and systems the supplier will provide to Fujifilm. Your firm will revise its Endoscope System Special Supplier Review procedure to define the purchasingcontrol function and responsibilities between Miyanodai, Mito, and Sano. However, your firm has not completed the implementationof these corrective actions.
7. Failure to ensure that all inspection, measuring, and test equipment, is suitable for its intended purposes and is capable of producing valid results, and to establish and maintain procedures to ensure that equipment is routinely calibrated, inspected, checked, and maintained, as required by 21 CFR 820.72(a). For example (Sano):
a. Your firm implemented bioburden testing procedure (b)(4), in October, 2009, and EO/ECH testing procedure, (b)(4) in December, 2010. However, these testing procedures do not reference applicable standards, and your firm did not conduct validation for these test methods. These procedures are utilized for testing accessory devices, including the overtube accessory marketed in the United States, which receives EO sterilization.
b. Your firm calibrated its incubators, (b)(4) and (b)(4), at a range of (b)(4), per "Routine Calibration Inspection Procedure Check Sheet" form (b)(4). However, your firm did not calibrate these incubators to include the biological indicator (b)(4) respectively. Also, your firm did not monitor the incubation temperature utilized for bioburden testing.
We have reviewed your firm's responses and concluded that they are not adequate. Your firm provided a corrective action plan that includes revising (b)(4), (b)(4), and Structure and Equipment Control Standards procedure, (b)(4). Additionally, your firm will conduct retrospective reviews of equipment calibration status in the production area. However, your firm's responses did not ensure that your other test processes were evaluated to determine whether they are appropriately validated or referenced to applicable standards.
8. Failure to develop, conduct, control, and monitor production processes to ensure that a device conforms to its specifications, as required by 21 CFR 820.70(a). For example (Mito):
Your firm failed to follow its procedure (b)(4) "Assembling Manual for the (b)(4) time and temperature for (b)(4)." In procedure (b)(4), "Assembling Manual for the (b)(4) time and temperature for (b)(4)," your firm uses the (b)(4) manufacturer's specification of greater than (b)(4). However, your firm also uses an alternate (b)(4) method of (b)(4) the (b)(4) that is not documented for use in (b)(4) In addition, your firm did not document the time and temperature parameters of the (b)(4) used for each device, and the start and end time of the (b)(4) operations.
The adequacy of your firm's responses cannot be determined at this time. Your firm provided a corrective action plan including revising (b)(4) to incorporate both (b)(4) times and temperatures and documenting them in the DHR, and retrospectively verifying all assembly procedures identify all operating parameters. However, your firm has not completed the implementation of these corrective actions.
Our inspection also revealed that your firm's model ED530XT Duodenoscope devices are misbranded under section 502(t)(2) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. §352(t)(2), in that your firm failed or refused to fumish material or information respecting the device that is required by or under section 519 of the Act, 21 U.S.C. §360i, and 21 CFR Part 806 - Medical Device; Reports of Corrections and Removals. Significant violations include, but are not limited to, the following:
9. Failure to report in writing to the FDA, any correction or removal of a device that was initiated to reduce a risk to health posed by the device, as required by 21 CFR 806.10(a)(1). For example (Wayne):
a. Complaint No. 12267, received March 26, 2012, indicated that a suction button of a model ED530XT Duodenoscope, Serial No. ND102A039 became lodged in the endoscope during a medical procedure, causing a 20 minute delay in completing the procedures. As a corrective action, a Technical Service Communication (b)(4), effective April 30, 2014, was released informing the customers of the need to prepare a syringe filled with sterile water for ERCP procedures in the event that the suction button becomes lodged. Your firm has not submitted a written report to FDA on this correction.
b. Your firm did not submit a written report to the FDA following the initiation of your corrective action letter to customers on April 11, 2014, informing them that the model ED530XT Duodenoscope is not operationally compatible with the EPX-2500 processor, and that there is a possibility of an improper image display (aspect ratio/resolution) when the equipment combination is used. Your firm offered to upgrade the processor with the compatible processor, EPX-4400.
The adequacy of your firm's responses cannot be determined at this time. Your firm provided a corrective action plan including submitting a field correction report for each of the two field notices and revising your SOP (b)(4), SOP (b)(4), and SOP (b)(4) procedures. Additionally, your firm will conduct a retrospective review of field communications and complaints and CAPAs to determine whether they have been properly evaluated for reportability under 21 CFR 806. However, your firm has not completed the implementation of these corrective actions.
Please notify this office in writing, within fifteen business days from the date you receive this letter, of the specific steps your firm has taken to correct the noted violations, including an explanation of how your firm plans to prevent these violations, or similar violations, from occurring again. Include documentation of the corrections and/or corrective action (which must address systemic problems) that your firm has taken. If your firm's planned corrections and/or corrective actions will occur over time, please include a timetable for implementation of those activities. If corrections and/or corrective actions cannot be completed within fifteen business days, state the reason for the delay and the time within which these activities will be completed. Please provide a translation of documentation not in English to facilitate our review.
Your firm's response should be sent to: Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Office of Compliance, Field Inspections Support Branch, White Oak Building 66, Rm 2622, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20993. Refer to CMS case #470470 when replying. If you have any questions about the contents of this letter, please contact: Ronald Swann, Chief, Abdominal and Surgical Devices Branch at +1 (301) 796-5479, or fax +1 (301) 847-8139.
Jan B. Welch, MHS, MT(ASCP)SBB
John J. Smith, M.D., J.D. Partner
Hogan Lovells, US LLP
FUJIFILM Medical Systems, U.S.A., Inc., Endoscopy Division
RA Manager, Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance