Its factory in Chikalthana in western India was last month hit by the British drug regulator's curb on imports from the plant over manufacturing deficiencies.
Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Tuesday it has received US Food and Drug Administration's approval for manufacturing and marketing cardiovascular drug -- Atenolol tablets in the US.
The Bombay high court on Wednesday permitted Johnson & Johnson to manufacture, sell and distribute its baby powder and quashed three orders of the Maharashtra government revoking the company's license and asking it to stop the product manufacture and sale, terming them as "stringent, unreasonable and unfair". A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and S G Dige also came down heavily on the state Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its delay in carrying out tests on a sample of the company's baby powder seized in December 2018. The bench noted that while maintaining standards of quality and safety are of utmost importance for cosmetic products, at the same time it does not seem reasonable to shut down the whole manufacturing process when there is a slight deviation in one of the products.
Post Ranbaxy episode, domestic pharma companies may face frequent inspections and deeper scrutiny.
Wockhardt might be headed for another crisis, as it has come under the scanner of US health regulator.
These brands belong to about 320 drugs of leading Indian pharmaceutical companies. The Drug Controller General of India's (DCGI's) office feels that these have been launched without its approval.
The Maharashtra State Chemists and Druggists Association has called for a three-day token strike from October 16-18, to protest alleged harassment by the Food and Drugs Administration officials.
Ranbaxy Laboratories, in a release issued to the BSE on Thursday, said the US Food and Drug Administration has granted the company permission to market DisperMox (amoxicillin tablets for oral suspension - 200mg and 400mg).\n\n
Indian drug major Ranbaxy Laboratories has got the US Food and Drug Administration nod for the manufacture and sale of Ofloxacin tablets.
Ranbaxy Laboratories on Thursday said it had received Abbreviated New Drug Application approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market Loratidine
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd on Friday said it has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market multiple dosages of anti-diabetes drug Glimepiride tablets.
Wockhardt Ltd said on Tuesday it has got US Food and Drug Administration's approval to market painkiller tablets containing a combination of Dextropropoxyphene napsylate and Acetaminophen in the US market.
The Food and Drug Administration said its decision is based on new information, including clinical trial data results, that have led it to conclude that the drugs may not be effective to treat COVID-19 and that its potential benefits for such use do not outweigh its known and potential risks.
'Almost 60 per cent of 2,000 songs had references to drugs and violence.'
Australian sports administrators responded angrily to a government report saying doping was widespread among professional and amateur athletes and demanded investigators name offenders to protect clean athletes' reputations.
The 2008 deal agreement contains provisions of arbitration to be held in that country.
In a shocker, the US Food and Drug Administration has discovered the presence of mice, ants and cockroaches in food served on airlines in the country.
Through a Freedom of Information Act request, the Show '20/20' obtained lists of recent health violation records from the FDA, the agency in charge of inspecting airlines and their outside food caterers.
All medicines that have USFDA approvals continue to be produced in the Poanta Sahib facility. The USFDA has not given any approval for new drugs as they have some concerns. We are addressing them, Malvinder Singh said.
A popular energy drink, produced by a company founded by an Indian-American billionaire, has come under the scanner in the United States after reports of 13 deaths possibly linked to the energy shots.
As the pandemic spreads and the urgency for effective treatment of COVID-19 mounts, several countries, including the US, have started relying heavily on HCQ, majorly used in the treatment of malaria and rheumatoid-arthritis.
The FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg is slated to travel to India soon.
The company has already received approval from the US Food & Drug Administration for marketing clarithromycin tablets.
Drug major Ranbaxy Laboratories could suffer a potential revenue loss to the tune of Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion) due to delay in receiving approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for generic version of GSK's anti-migraine medicine Imitrex, according to analysts.
Company is among the few companies in the sector getting pulled up by FDA for violations at its factories in India.
Drugmaker Dr Reddy's Laboratories has filed an application with the US Food and Drug Administration to market a generic form of Eli Lilly's schizophrenia drug Olanzapine in the US
Indian drugmaker Dr Reddy's Laboratories said on Thursday it had filed an application with the US Food and Drug Administration to market a generic form of GlaxoSmithKline's anti-nausea drug Zofran.\n\n
In a major boost to Ranbaxy Laboratories' exports to developed countries, the United States has approved marketing of flecainide acetate tablets in the country.
Maggi has also come on the radar of US Food and Drug Administration.
In a setback to pharmaceutical major Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, the US drug regulator USFDA has directed the company to recall as many as 7.32 crore (73.2 million) Gabapentin tablets of 600 and 800 mg strengths.
The tablets are bio equivalent generic version of GlaxoSmithKline's Requip XL tablets
Ranbaxy Laboratories has received tentative approval form the Food & Drug Administration USA for manufacturing and marketing Fluconazole tablets
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