Taiwanese API maker abandons U.S. market rather than concede to FDA

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Most drugmakers readily agree to invest in plant upgrades if the FDA cites them for violations so they can keep selling products into the U.S., the world's largest pharma market. But not KO DA Pharmaceutical. When FDA inspectors found issues during a recent inspection, the Taiwanese API maker decided to quit shipping products to the U.S. rather than change its production.