Over 50 drugs were listed in the Indian Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation’s latest ‘not of standard quality’ reports, flagging potential quality issues in widely used medicinal products in the country.
Alkem And Torrent Defend Their Generics Over Failed Quality Test Claims
Firms Respond To India’s CDSCO Quality Report For August
Alkem and Torrent said the tested batches were not manufactured by them, as a recent CDSCO report pinned their drugs as “not of standard quality”. Meanwhile, other firms informed the agency themselves about counterfeit drugs on the market.
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