Samples of Global Pharma Healthcare eye drops free of contamination: Health Ministry sources
"Indian samples tested were found to be of standard quality. We found the samples free of any contamination," source said.;
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New Delhi: The samples of eye-drops manufactured by India's Global Pharma Healthcare, which were linked to three deaths and blindness in some patients in US, are found to be "free of contamination", said Health Ministry sources on Tuesday.
According to Health Ministry sources, the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) India has found samples that are tested in a lab in Bengaluru "free of any contamination."
While talking to ANI, the source said, "Indian samples tested were found to be of standard quality. We found the samples free of any contamination."
Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has also formally written letter to USFDA, though USFDA has not yet communicated to DCGI.
A joint inspection was also conducted by Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) and Tamil Nadu state drugs inspectors at manufacturing unit and the manufacturing has been kept on hold till completion of the investigation.
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