The drug firms like Torrent Pharma, Sun Pharma, Alkem Laboratories and Glenmark termed the medicines flagged in the report as "counterfeits" and not manufactured by them while asserting that their products conform to quality standards.
The analysis found that the product contained unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol as contaminants.
"These affordable generic medicines have helped scale up access to treatment across developing countries," Tripathi, a First Secretary in India's UN mission, told the General Assembly on Monday.
India has been asking China for long to open up its IT and pharmaceutical firms to reduce the trade deficit which has claimed to over USD 50 billion.
Hyderabad, Nov 22: Indian Pharma industry, which is facing tough competition from China in terms of cheaper Active Pharma Ingredients (APIs), will now concentrate on generic finished product exports to that country, according to Pharmaceuticals
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