FDA issues alert for Front Range Labs

LOVELAND – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday issued an advisory to pharmacists expressing concerns about the adequacy of testing perform at Loveland-based Front Range Laboratories Inc.

Front Range Labs serves as a testing laboratory for more than 100 pharmacies in 32 states to verify quality, sterility and expiration dating, according to a release from the FDA.

An FDA spokesman confirmed the alert Thursday.

“In a recent inspection, FDA investigators observed that methods used by Front Range to assess sterility and other qualities (e.g. strength and stability) may have resulted in pharmacies receiving inaccurate laboratory test results,” the release states.

The inspection…