Friday, February 6, 2009

Pfizer clarifies viagra not produced in India

Leading drug maker Pfizer today clarified that its product viagra, which is not manuactured in India, could not be among the drugs banned for sale by Maharashtra.

In a clarification here, a Pfizer spokesman said the original blue pill is manufactured in the Phrama company's unit in Amboise, France and is sold in India by Pfizer in two strengths of 50 mg and 100 mg as singles in a carton pack.

He said Pfizer contributes towards building a healthier world through discovering an developing medicines.

''Sub-standard drugs can have significant social and economic consequences, but most imortantly, there may be loss of human life which is invaluable,'' he said adding that Pfizer believed that there was no higher priority than ensuring that consumers receive safe, effective and original medicines.

Recently, Maharashtra FDA had found out that 144 drugs manufactued in the state and 436 in other states, and sold in the state, were found to be below the standards set by the Drug Controller General of India.

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