-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: After the UK drug regulator, the Australian drug regulator has also said that the drugs marketed by Ranbaxy Labs are safe. "At present, there is no evidence that any of the products in the Australian market manufactured by Ranbaxy are of an unacceptable quality or that there is a danger to consumers in Australia," a spokesperson for the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) told ET. The Australian...
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Ranbaxy drugs fine, say WHO and UK regulator -Rema Nagarajan
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