Ranbaxy’s $500 Million GMP Settlement Would Be Second Most Expensive For Rx Manufacturing Violations

Ranbaxy Laboratories said it has signed a consent decree with FDA and set aside $500 million to settle a related Department of Justice investigation involving GMP violations and data integrity issues at its Indian facilities.

Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.’s announcement that it has entered into a consent decree with FDA and set aside $500 million to settle a related Department of Justice investigation appears to put the Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. subsidiary on pace to pay the second highest settlement for pharmaceutical good manufacturing practice violations.

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