After US Marshall Seizure 350 Employees lost jobs at Caraco in Michigan

This is an update from last week, after the FDA directed seizure 350 employees were let go. What happens now, does production go overseas? Caraco is affiliated with Sun Pharmaceuticals, the 5th largest pharmaceutical company in India, which transferred the technology for 25 products to be manufactured here in the US. The company also has another facility in Puerto Rico. BD

The company manufactures generic drugs such as equivalents for Fosamax, Zyrtec, Vicodin, to name a few. The notice also stated that diabetes medicine metformin, and the pain reliever tramadol are safe to continue and that all defective drugs they feel have been seized. The factory is located in Michigan. BD

U.S. Marshals, at the request of the Food and Drug Administration, today seized drug products manufactured by Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories Ltd. (Caraco), at the company’s Michigan facilities in Detroit, Farmington Hills, and Wixom. The seizure also includes ingredients held at these same facilities. “The FDA is committed to taking enforcement action against firms that do not manufacture drugs in accordance with our good manufacturing practice requirements,” said Janet Woodcock, M.D., director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. “Compliance with these standards prevents harm to the public.”