Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Unease grows among U.S. doctors over Indian drug quality BY TONI CLARKE AND BILL BERKROT WASHINGTON/NEW YORK Tue Mar 18, 2014 1:17am EDT

Reuters) - Some U.S. doctors are becoming concerned about the quality of generic drugs supplied by Indian manufacturers following a flurry of recalls and import bans by the Food and Drug Administration.
India supplies about 40 percent of generic and over-the-counter drugs used in the United States, making it the second-biggest supplier after Canada.

In recent months, the FDA, citing quality control problems ranging from data manipulation to sanitation, has banned the importation of products from Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, Wockhardt Ltd and, most recently, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
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