News for October, 2008

Congress investigates FDA inspection of Actavis

On October 8, John Dingell (D-MI), chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Bart Stupak (D-MI), chairman of that committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, wrote a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Andrew C. von Eschenbach to request more information concerning the ’s procedure for examining manufacturing facilities of the generic drug manufacturer Actavis after several of the company’s products were recalled.

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Generic drug maker reaps benefits of Digitek recall

Many previous Digitek consumers have steered away from Digitek after the . However, as has lost consumers, Lannett Company has only reaped the benefits.

Sales for Lannett’s digoxin, a generic form of , still have been strong since the of in April of this year.

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