Food and Drug Administration
Indian employees of the Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited pharmaceutical Indian factory leave work at the end of the day at Toansa village in Ropar about 50 Km from Chandigarh on May 14, 2013. The US subsidiary of New Delhi-based Ranbaxy Laboratories pleaded guilty to seven counts of felony after it distributed several India-produced adulterated generic drugs in the United States in 2005 and 2006. They were all made in a facility near Chandigarh city in northern India, which US Food and Drug Administration inspectors cited for poor record keeping and inadequate testing for the stability of the drugs over time.
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To date, the FDA has received seven reports. Clinical information about these patients is pending; at least one of these adverse events appears to involve fungus ... As part of the ongoing investigation, the FDA will continue to work closely with the CDC and state authorities to thoroughly review the sterile practices at Main Street.More quotes »
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a prior recommendation from its own expert advisory panel, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday announced that it does not plan to implement a ban on the use of indoor tanning devices by children.Instead, the agency is proposing bumping up "sunlamp Read more »
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