The letter has resulted in a delay of some of important product launches this year and also necessitated a significant cost towards the remediation efforts, Prasad added.
The portfolio consists of products that are being divested by Teva as a precondition to its closing of the acquisition of Allergan's generics business, the Hyderabad-based firm said.
"You cannot expect people to focus on increasing market share, growth, and driving the business while also disrupting the world. So for the disrupt part, we are re-architecting our organisation. This has to be outside the mainstream," DRL chief executive officer and co-chairman G V Prasad told global consultancy firm McKinsey in an interview.
The company added the commercial launch of the product is planned for the coming quarter.
Addressing a gathering at T-Hub, a technological incubator promoted by the Telangana government, Nadella advised the start-up community to learn from the failures.
Last month, the country's second-largest drug maker had received a warning letter from the USFDA relating to two of its API manufacturing plants and a formulation plant in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
In response to the letter, DRL CEO G V Prasad had said the company is in the process of shifting some of the products from these plants to other facilities and considering third party assessment for its plants.
Dr Reddy's CEO G V Prasad said the company is in the process of shifting some of the products to other plants in the wake of warning letters. r
Dr Reddy's Laboratories today entered into an agreement with Hetero to distribute and market generic version of US-firm Gilead Sciences' Hepatitis C drug under the brand 'Resof' in India.
G V Prasad, VC & CEO, Dr Reddy's Laboratories tells CNBC-TV18 that North America, Russia and the Pharmaceuticals Services and Active Ingredients (PSAI) segment led to the stupendous growth in the business.