USFDA Bans Import From Sun Pharma's Gujarat Unit; Shares Tank

According to the information available on USFDA website, an import alert enables 'detention without physical examination of drugs from firms which have not met drug manufacturing norms'.

Earlier this week, Sun Pharma had voluntarily recalled 2,528 bottles of its generic version of diabetes drug Glumetza in the US market on the basis of a customer complaint.

USFDA has been cracking down heavily for non-compliance of manufacturing norms and various facilities of companies like Ranbaxy and Wockhardt have already been banned from importing drugs into the US market.

While all plants of Daiichi Sankyo controlled Ranbaxy Laboratories in India have been banned from exporting drugs to the US, Wockhardt has also faced similar actions on its two plants in the country.

Reacting to the development, the Sun Pharma scrip today fell by over 5 percent.

Sun Pharma's scrip ended the day at Rs 573.60, down 5.03 percent at the BSE. During the day, the drug firm's stock declined by 6.35 percent to Rs 565.60.

At the NSE, the scrip plunged 5.12 percent to settle at Rs 573.35.

Tracking losses in the stock, the company's market value declined by Rs 6,300 crore to Rs 1,18,798 crore.
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