FDA Cracks Down On Unregistered Foreign Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The agency has sent 11 warning letters for failure to register and list as importers of drugs into the U.S. since the beginning of the year.
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