Massoud Motamed, FDA Investigator

Massoud Motamed is an FDA investigator with 62 inspections at 59 sites and 245 Form 483 observations on record since April 2015, most recently in Livingston, United Kingdom in February 2026. The published record holds 24 of the resulting Form 483s, issued between April 2015 and June 2017.

Those 24 forms are long: 9.1 observations on average, against an industry median of three. The longest, 36 observations, went to Allergan Sales in Waco, Texas in October 2016. Others include Mylan Pharmaceuticals in Morgantown (10), I.V. Specialty in Austin (18), Talon Compounding Pharmacy in San Antonio (13) and Temmentech in Switzerland (12). Foreign inspections include Fresenius Kabi Austria in Graz, ILS in Derby, UK, and three Indian facilities: Mylan Laboratories in Nashik, QbD Research in Thane and Doctors' Analytical Laboratories in Navi Mumbai.

Sterile and compounding operations are a recurring thread, with US Compounding in Conway inspected twice and Cantrell Drug Company in Little Rock. The section cited most is 21 CFR 211.192, investigations of discrepancies and failures, on seven of the 12 forms with structured citations, followed by 211.113(b) aseptic process validation and the 211.42(c)(10) aseptic area requirements. For what a 483 is and what follows one, see what an FDA Form 483 is.