Comments on: Big Maker Of OTC Store Brands Charged With Falsifying Quality-Control Tests http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/big-maker-of-otc-store-brands-manipulted-quality-control-tests/ News, Comment and Conversation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:12:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: On Pharma http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/big-maker-of-otc-store-brands-manipulted-quality-control-tests/#comment-77730 On Pharma Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:58:51 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/big-maker-of-otc-store-brands-manipulted-quality-control-tests/#comment-77730 [...] a company that really should have gotten out of manufacturing altogether:  OTC drug manufacturer  Leiner Pharmaceuticals (Does this chart (from pharma manufacturing and R&D veteran Pharma Giles, who satirized Leiner [...] [...] a company that really should have gotten out of manufacturing altogether:  OTC drug manufacturer  Leiner Pharmaceuticals (Does this chart (from pharma manufacturing and R&D veteran Pharma Giles, who satirized Leiner [...]

]]> By: Hank http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/big-maker-of-otc-store-brands-manipulted-quality-control-tests/#comment-20305 Hank Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:10:03 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/big-maker-of-otc-store-brands-manipulted-quality-control-tests/#comment-20305 Thanks, Ed! I realize in retrospect that consumers are in a "pickle" either way, since store brands rarely include the manufacturer. I just looked at some of the Rite Aid and CVS stuff I use. No indication. Thanks, Ed! I realize in retrospect that consumers are in a “pickle” either way, since store brands rarely include the manufacturer. I just looked at some of the Rite Aid and CVS stuff I use. No indication.

]]> By: Ed Silverman http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/big-maker-of-otc-store-brands-manipulted-quality-control-tests/#comment-20302 Ed Silverman Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:43:34 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/big-maker-of-otc-store-brands-manipulted-quality-control-tests/#comment-20302 Hi Hank, Yes, this would appear to be due to 'whistleblowers,' although we don't have a copy of the affidavit to share. And we have since added a link to a site that shows you a list of the Lenier products. Please go back to the post and take a peek. Regards ed at Pharmalot Hi Hank,

Yes, this would appear to be due to ‘whistleblowers,’ although we don’t have a copy of the affidavit to share. And we have since added a link to a site that shows you a list of the Lenier products. Please go back to the post and take a peek.

Regards
ed at Pharmalot

]]> By: Hank http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/big-maker-of-otc-store-brands-manipulted-quality-control-tests/#comment-20300 Hank Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:03:37 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/09/big-maker-of-otc-store-brands-manipulted-quality-control-tests/#comment-20300 Inevitable to some degree, it sounds like FDA relied on "whistleblowers" (I assume anonymous) for most if not all of this revelation. That has been a pretty consistent pattern when there has been a significant "bust." Am I right in assuming we do not have the specific products involved (just descriptors like "an antihistamine," etc.) because they are under seal? Inevitable to some degree, it sounds like FDA relied on “whistleblowers” (I assume anonymous) for most if not all of this revelation. That has been a pretty consistent pattern when there has been a significant “bust.”

Am I right in assuming we do not have the specific products involved (just descriptors like “an antihistamine,” etc.) because they are under seal?

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