Drug firm Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals resumed production at its unit in Chennai. The company's cephalosporin producing facility at Alathur in Chennai was issued a closure notice by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) citing some non-compliance with regard to the disposal of solid waste in July this year.
The Alathur facility manufactures a range of oral and sterile cephalosporin APIs and caters to developed markets like the US, Europe and Japan. Cephalosporin’s are a newer class of antibiotics used in treating infections in different parts of the body.crackcrack
