J&J States Indian Drug Authorities Visited Its Facilities To Take Talc Samples

• Radhakrishna N S
• 19 December, 2018

By: Radhakrishna N S

Indian drug authorities visited some of Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) facilities on Wednesday (19) and took “tests and samples” of its talcum powder, the company said in a statement. The visits came as regulators in India launched an investigation into J&J’s Baby Powder following a Reuters report last week that the firm knew for decades that cancer-causing asbestos could be found in the product. The company told Reuters in a statement that the facilities were visited by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) and some state-based food and drug administrations (FDAs). “Today, a few of our facilities were visited…

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