Import alert on Ranbaxy's Mohali unit; Strides' injectible arm gets warning letter
Maharashtra's Food and Drugs Administration on Wednesday argued in the Bombay High Court that Nestle India.
The letter mentions certain cGMP violation based on site inspections conducted between July and August 2009.
Under fire from some United States senators for allegedly taking lenient positions in granting product approvals to generic companies from countries like India, the US FDA is planning to speed up its plans to set up offices in India by 2009. FDA, in its latest newsletter dated July 21, has said that the agency will set up offices in Mumbai and Delhi to intensify its monitoring efforts.
The Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance has approached regulator for a dialogue to understand the concern raised by it
The FDA has stepped up its efforts to ensure drug safety in recent months.
A civic body in North Goa has banned the sale of the popular street food 'Gobi Manchurian' at roadside stalls in its jurisdiction after concerns were raised about the unhygienic conditions in which the dish was prepared, an official said on Tuesday.
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.
Recently, Ranbaxy and Wockhardt too were hauled up.
Industry insiders in India warn that any such move in the pharmaceutical sector could be counterproductive for the US as it may face increased drug shortages if tariffs are imposed on such imports.
Earlier, Jaslok Hospital had issued an advisory to its doctors to avoid prescribing drugs manufactured by Ranbaxy.
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The fees for facility inspection of foreign companies have been reduced
Aurobindo Pharma on Thursday said it had received US FDA approval for anti-retroviral Lamivudine, thus enabling it to participate in the president's emergency plan for AIDS relief), a US government initiative.
Former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, who was shot dead in Mumbai, was a popular figure in Bollywood circles and had earned praise for supplying life-saving medicines to patients during the Covid pandemic.
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Adminstration has served a notice to Wipro for allegedly "misbranding and mislabelling" its baby oil.
Biotech major Biocon will file an application with the US Federal Drug Administration to begin clinical trials for oral insulin, which, it says, would be the world's first insulin that could be consumed orally.
Retail chain Subhiksha feels it is being unfairly targeted by the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) of Maharashtra in initiating enquiries and hygiene checks on grounds that it is selling repackaged goods. The company would present its case in a hearing scheduled on August 8.
Inspections only in domestic authorities' presence, visiting US drug regulator told
On her maiden visit to India, US Food and Drug Administrator Margaret A Hamburg has said recent lapses in quality by a handful of pharma companies has overshadowed the good things done by other Indian companies, who emphasise on quality products and practices.
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd today said it has received tentative approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market Glimepiride tablets of 1 mg, 2 mg, 4 mg and 8 mg.
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc is the owner of the Eszopiclone drug.
Rise in raids on illicit drug manufacturing units, alongside arrests for the production, sale, or distribution of spurious or adulterated drugs.
A report was positive for the presence of two dead and one live insect, FDA Commissioner Uttam Khobargade said in Mumbai.
Ranbaxy Laboratories on Monday said it has received the US Food and Drug Administration's approval to manufacture and market Isotretinoin capsules, a generic version of Hoffman LaRoche's Accutane.
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.
Westlife Foodworld, fast-food chain McDonald's operator in West and South India, on Tuesday said food safety regulator FSSAI has verified the cheese used by it and is now allowed to use the word cheese in the name of its products. Additionally, an independent NABL (National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories) has also confirmed that Westlife Foodworld uses authentic cheese in its food preparation and not cheese analogues or substitutes, its managing director Saurabh Kalra said.
To be called Central Drug Administration or National Drug Authority, it will have 10 sub-authorities to deal with areas like cosmetics, blood safety, medical equipment, etc.
Acting swiftly on the controversy regarding illegal drug-coated stents, the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration has asked all stent manufacturers and importers to get valid licenses within the next two months from the Drugs Controller General of
The move assumes significance because a go-ahead from the US Food and Drug Administration for the new unit in Visakhapatnam is likely to give a huge boost to the company's revenues in upcoming quarters.
Rising Indian driver Jaden R Pariat has been invited to the Ferrari Driver Academy (FDA) selection trials.
'The focus for value creation will be on all business segments.'
A tiny dead snake was allegedly found in a packet distributed under the mid-day meal scheme meant for children aged between six months and three years at an anganwadi or a government-run nursery school in western Maharashtra's Sangli district, prompting the authorities to launch a probe.
Indian drug firms continue to work closely with the FDA, and most have also appointed consultants to help them grasp the regulatory minutiae in the US.
This is not just a Ranbaxy or Wockhardt problem, says K Satish Reddy
