{"id":26257,"date":"2014-09-18T19:46:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T11:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=26257"},"modified":"2014-09-18T19:21:43","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T11:21:43","slug":"health-canada-wants-indian-drug-companys-shipments-halted-products-quarantined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/18\/health-canada-wants-indian-drug-companys-shipments-halted-products-quarantined\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Canada wants Indian drug company\u2019s shipments halted, products quarantined"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OTTAWA\u2014Health Canada has asked an Indian company to voluntarily stop shipment of products to Canada, based on a review of recent manufacturing practices by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.<\/p>\n

The FDA found falsification and manipulation of data issues at pharmaceutical company IPCA Laboratories, which manufactures more than 350 drug formulations.<\/p>\n

IPCA has not disputed the FDA findings with Health Canada, which estimates that about 21 active pharmaceutical ingredients are involved.<\/p>\n

The federal department has also asked Canadian companies that import products containing the active ingredients from IPCA facilities to temporarily quarantine the products.<\/p>\n

To date, there has been no indication that the issues identified by the FDA inspection pose a risk to health, so neither Health Canada nor the FDA has requested a recall of products already on the market.<\/p>\n

Health Canada says it is working with other international regulatory partners, Canadian importers and IPCA to gather more information about affected products.<\/p>\n

This information includes any additional testing being done, the medical necessity of the products involved, their market share and risk assessments\u2014a process that will likely take a few weeks to complete.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this time, we do not expect that there will be an immediate impact on the availability of these products,\u201d a Health Canada advisory said Wednesday. \u201cThe department will work with the provinces and territories to monitor the supply situation and, if necessary, develop mitigation strategies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Health Canada has requested that the voluntary quarantine continue until it is satisfied that adequate measures are in place to confirm the quality of the products from IPCA facilities.<\/p>\n

The 60-year-old company\u2019s website says its clients include such global pharmaceutical giants as AstraZeneca, GSK, Merck, Roche and Sanofi Aventis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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