Foreign Regulators Rap More Indian Firms Over Data Integrity

Three more Indian pharmaceutical players have been pulled up by overseas regulators over data integrity issues in another blow to the reputation of the flagship industry.

NEW DELHI - In more damaging publicity for India's beleaguered drug industry, the US Food and Drug Administration has rapped South India-based Sri Krishna Pharmaceuticals Ltd, which exports medicines such as the painkiller acetaminophen to over 60 countries, for destroying test records and deleting unfavorable results.

In a warning letter to Sri Krishna chairman V.V. Subba Reddy, dated April 1 and posted on the FDA website...

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