St. Jude Warning Letter Spotlights CAPA Flaws At CardioMEMS Unit
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The warning letter highlights validation and recordkeeping problems at the Atlanta manufacturing facility for the CardioMEMS heart failure remote monitoring system, but it is not expected to affect device availability.
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