FDA orders raid on digoxin manufacturing plants
Federal marshals raided three manufacturing plants run by Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories this week at the request of the Food and Drug Administration. All three plants were shut down and more than $20 million in generic drugs were seized after the FDA found continued violations of federal health and safety requirements.
Caraco manufactures several types of generic [...]
Digitek lawsuit filed on behalf of 97 former patients
A lawsuit on behalf of 97 former Digitek patients was filed this week in an Illinois court. The Digitek lawsuit filed on behalf of these patients alleges that they were injured after taking tablets of the heart medication that were improperly manufactured at twice their normal strength. Digitek is also sold generically as digoxin.
Drugmaker Actavis [...]
Manufacturer issues digoxin recall
A manufacturer of digoxin tablets has issued a recall notice over concerns that the pills could contain an improper dose of the heart medication. Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories issued the digoxin recall after learning that the tablets may contain too much or too little of the medication.
The Food and Drug Administration has announced that Caraco has [...]