Sun Pharma Mohali facility gets USFDA OAI status

Maharashtra: Pharma major Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited has recently announced that the Company has received a communication from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) determining the inspection classification of the Mohali (Punjab) facility as "Official Action Indicated" (OAI).

Official Action Indicated (OAI) means regulatory and administrative actions will be recommended.

Further, the communication states that the USFDA may withhold approval of any pending product applications or supplements filed from this facility till the outstanding observations are resolved and may initiate additional actions, if any, under the current Consent Decree.

"The Company continues to manufacture and distribute existing products for the US market, thereby not likely to have any material adverse impact on current business from the facility. Sun Pharma continues to cooperate with the USFDA and will undertake all necessary steps to resolve these issues and to ensure that the regulator is completely satisfied with the Company's remedial action," the company stated in a BSE filing.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) had concluded an inspection with six observations at Sun pharma's Mohali manufacturing facility.

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