Reuters: Regulatory News: UPDATE 1-Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy to pay $500 mln in U.S. DOJ settlement

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UPDATE 1-Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy to pay $500 mln in U.S. DOJ settlement May 13th 2013, 17:16 Mon May 13, 2013 1:16pm EDT * Largest drug safety settlement with generic maker -U.S. * Settlement includes $350 mln in civil claims payment * Two Indian plants failed to meet safety standards * Ranbaxy majority-owned by Japan's Daiichi Sankyo May 13 (Reuters) - Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd pleaded guilty on Monday to felony charges related to drug safety and will pay $500 million in civil and criminal fines under the settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. The settlement is the largest-ever with a generic drugmaker over drug safety, according to the U.S. government. It includes $150 million in payments for a criminal fine and forfeiture and $350 million in payments for civil claims. The settlement has been in the works for some time. In December 2011, Ranbaxy set aside $500 million to resolve the potential criminal and civil liabilities related to the investigation by the government into its manufacturing practices and falsifying data. The company reached a related settlement agreement with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration in 2011. Ranbaxy USA pleaded guilty to three felony counts related to the manufacture of drugs at two Indian locations that did not meet safety standards and to four counts of making material false statements. In the civil settlement, Ranbaxy has agreed to pay $350 million to resolve allegations that drugs from the two Indian plants did not meet specifications and that false claims were submitted to U.S. government healthcare programs between April 1, 2003, and Sept. 16, 2010. In 2008, the FDA banned the company from selling about 30 drugs in the United States after it found manufacturing deficiencies at facilities in India. In 2009, the FDA had accused the company of falsifying data and test results in drug applications and halted reviews of drugs made at a plant in northern India. Ranbaxy, majority-owned by Japan's Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd , stopped selling drugs to the U.S. markets while it fixed problems with its manufacturing procedures in the United States and India. The company has also grappled with other manufacturing problems. In November 2012, it recalled some generic Lipitor, known as atorvastin calcium, in the United States after certain batches were found to contain glass particles. It has since resumed manufacturing. Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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