February
2007 »
F.D.A.
Searches Drug Maker Offices
16 February, 2007
The generic
drug developer Ranbaxy Laboratories of India said
Thursday that federal agents had searched its offices
and a manufacturing facility in New Jersey.
Paper and electronic documents were taken in the raids,
conducted primarily by the Food and Drug Administration,
said Charles Caprariello, vice president for corporate
communications and government affairs for Ranbaxy.
The searches took place Wednesday at
the North American headquarters of Ranbaxy in Plainsboro
and at a manufacturing facility in New Brunswick, Ohm
Laboratories, Mr. Caprariello said.
The company is cooperating and providing the agency
with material “even today,” he said.
Mr. Caprariello said the searches were
a surprise and that the warrant did not appear to indicate
what agents were interested in.
An F.D.A. spokeswoman, Cathy McDermott, referred inquiries
to the Justice Department, where a spokeswoman, Marsha
Murphy, said, “We don’t comment on ongoing
investigations.”
Ranbaxy, India’s largest pharmaceutical
company and one of the world’s largest generic
drug producers, has been operating in the United States
since 1995 and has approvals to make 119 drugs, about
40 of which are produced at Ohm Laboratories, Mr. Caprariello
said.
Source : NYTIMES
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