An advocate on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court with a PIL seeking cancellation of the license granted to Ranbaxy Laboratories and for initiating probe against the pharma major for allegedly manufacturing and selling adulterated drugs.
Just as Billa-Ranga had become symbols of everything that was wrong with the system many years ago, Nestle is now portrayed as the wickedest of the wicked. Every known food crime in India is now attributed to Nestle including deliberately increasing the level of lead in their noodles, as well as deliberately destroying the health of millions. That's not only unfair, it's downright idiotic, says Rajeev Srinivasan.
The reasons given for the refusal include misbranding, adulteration, packaging, labelling, pesticides, unapproved products.
The joint inspections is to ensure the safety, efficacy, and quality of drugs available in the country
T N Seshan believed that toughness at every level is needed to keep the flock under him strictly duty bound, recalls Dr K S Parthasarathy, former secretary, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board.
The case was earlier heard by a different vacation bench which had on June 10 asked Sharma to substantiate his 'unfounded allegations' that the Indian pharma major was allegedly manufacturing and selling adulterated medicines.
The US arm of Ranbaxy pleaded guilty to seven felonies relating to the manufacture and distribution of certain adulterated drugs
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The Supreme Court on Monday posed some tough questions to a lawyer, asking him to substantiate his "unfounded allegations" in a PIL that Indian pharma major Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd was allegedly manufacturing and selling adulterated medicines.
The company claimed that its product is "three times better than remdesivir and that 'AAYUDH Advance starts where vaccines stop'."
The Uttar Pradesh Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it has found detergent in one of the samples of Mother Dairy's milk packets, a claim contested by the Delhi-based company.
The regulator has also cancelled the licences of three packagers providing services to Subhiksha for violating the packaging rules. The warehouses are based in Bhiwandi, which is on the outskirts of Mumbai.
Patanjali Ayurved spokesman said, "Our present commercial is based on facts and research."
The Bombay High Court had revoked the ban on Maggi on October 19 paving the way for it to be back on shelves.
The alert over 'Sudan 1', an illegal cancer-causing dye found in a UK-made sauce allegedly containing chilli powder imported from India in 2002, spread to 15 countries in two continents on Thursday.
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Punishing brand ambassadors shows that the government is only interested in going after the low hanging fruit, says Tanmaya Nanda.
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Nestle now has less than two weeks to convince the regulator why product approval for its noodles should not be withdrawn
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The company has received a Civil Investigative Demand from the US Department of Justice, Ranbaxy Laboratories said in a filing to the BSE.
Ramdev said at present, the dairy business is pegged at Rs 3 lakh crore, which will be more than Rs 5 lakh crore by 2022
'Our technology is going to help Indian agriculture the way the White Revolution helped milk production.'
Earlier, Jaslok Hospital had issued an advisory to its doctors to avoid prescribing drugs manufactured by Ranbaxy.
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Ranbaxy Laboratories is recalling 29,790 blister packs of anti-allergy drug in the US, manufactured by its arm Ohms Laboratories, due to defective packaging.
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It had posted net profit of Rs 125.75 crore (Rs 1.25 billion) during the January-March quarter of the previous fiscal, 2012-13.
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Instant noodle from Nestle is not the first food brand in India to have faced a tough time though
The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has issued a warning letter to RPG Life Sciences for violation of current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) norms at its two plants at Ankleshwar and Mumbai.
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'As an idea, cleaning up India is a good one,' says Mitali Saran.
'All anecdotal evidence confirms that there has been no noticeable rise in deaths across the country for want of coronavirus tests,' notes Virendra Kapoor.
While the US health regulator did not specify details for issuing the alert, it said 'detention without physical examination may be appropriate when an FDA inspection has revealed that a firm is not operating in conformity with current good manufacturing practices'.
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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.
The scheme was launched in 2012 in collaboration with three Oil Marketing Companies and Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas for which Delhi Government had incurred an expenditure of Rs 62 crore (Rs 620 million).