Company is among the few companies in the sector getting pulled up by FDA for violations at its factories in India.
The FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg is slated to travel to India soon.
Inspections only in domestic authorities' presence, visiting US drug regulator told
Upset over the Devyani Khobragade episode, India on Wednesday raised with the United States its concerns over "trafficking" visas issued to family members of Sangita Richard, the absconding maid of the Indian diplomat whose arrest had triggered a row between the two countries.
Altaf Ahmed Lal, country head of the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) in India, has quit and so have a few other key officials at the American drug regulator's India office.
Whistle-blower Dinesh Thakur will speak on Made-in-India drugs at an event in Washington.
Even smaller companies like Torrent Pharma and Alembic file five to 10 ANDAs every year.
Margaret A Hamburg, the first commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) to visit India officially, will meet heads of major domestic pharma companies such as Ranbaxy, Wockhardt, Cadila Healthcare and Lupin in New Delhi.
India on Monday raised serious concerns over the USFDA's audit inspections of Indian pharma companies and 'disproportionate penalties' in some instances and said it would submit a discussion document on the issues to the US.
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.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
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