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FDA Head’s Travel to Address Quality Control by Indian Drug Manufacturers

The FDA has long maintained that generic drugs are every bit as good as their brand name counterparts. But in recent years the agency has had  to crack down on foreign generic drug manufacturers because of substandard quality control.

Just recently, the FDA banned drug imports from a Ranbaxy facility in Punjab. Ranbaxy is the largest drug maker in India and was one of the first firms to export generic medicines to the U.S. market. The consent decree puts the company in something of a bind, and could have implications for the US drug supply.

The Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Margaret Hamburg, is in India this week to discuss quality control topics with her counterparts in the Indian Regulatory agency. She will also be attending the World Spice Congress meeting, presumably in part because contamination of spices such as turmeric imported from India has also been a concern in the US.

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Terry Graedon, PhD, is a medical anthropologist and co-host of The People’s Pharmacy radio show, co-author of The People’s Pharmacy syndicated newspaper columns and numerous books, and co-founder of The People’s Pharmacy website. Terry taught in the Duke University School of Nursing and was an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology. She is a Fellow of the Society of Applied Anthropology. Terry is one of the country's leading authorities on the science behind folk remedies..
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