WHO Approves 18th Ranbaxy HIV Drug

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" WHO Approves 18th Ranbaxy HIV Drug "

Associated Press.

08.01.08: On Friday, India's Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. announced the World

Health Organization had approved its version of abacavir.

The approval brings to 18 the number of Ranbaxy-manufactured antiretrovirals on

WHO's prequalification list.

Agencies like UNAIDS and UNICEF rely on WHO's list of prequalified drugs when

making procurement decisions.

Ranbaxy has promised to cooperate fully in an investigation by the US

government that began after the Food and Drug Administration warned the

company in 2006 about manufacturing violations it found at a plant in

India.

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