NORCROSS, Ga., June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Immucor, Inc., , a global leader in providing automated instrument-reagent systems to the blood transfusion industry, announced that today the FDA notified the company that it has reviewed Immucor's response to the previously-reported warning letter, and Immucor's proposed corrective actions appear to be adequate. The FDA stated it would evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of those corrective actions, as well as Immucor's overall compliance, at its next inspection.
The warning letter, which related to Immucor's internal quality system, was dated May 2, 2008, and the company responded on May 22, 2008, detailing the corrective actions it proposed to take.
Immucor CEO Dr. Gioacchino De Chirico said: "We take our regulatory responsibilities very seriously and worked diligently to respond to the FDA. We are pleased the FDA accepted our action plan, and was willing to move as quickly as it did. We have already begun implementing the plan."
Founded in 1982, Immucor manufactures and sells a complete line of reagents and systems used by hospitals, reference laboratories and donor centers to detect and identify certain properties of the cell and serum components of blood prior to transfusion. Immucor markets a complete family of automated instrumentation for all of our market segments.
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CONTACT: Phil Moise of Immucor, Inc., +1-770-441-2051
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