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Bitter medicine for pharma regulation

The Gambian tragedy has raised uncomfortable questions about drug regulation in India. The Truth Pill is a depressing but eye-opening reality check of the regulatory landscape

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The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India

Prosenjit Datta
The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India
Authors: Dinesh S Thakur and Prashant Reddy T
Publisher: Simon & Schuster India
Pages: 500
Price: Rs 899

The Gambian cough syrup tragedy that resulted in the deaths of 70 children has not receded from the Indian newspapers yet. The latest reports in newspapers suggest that a select committee of the Gambian National Assembly has concluded that the deaths due to acute kidney failure in these children can be linked directly to their taking cough syrups manufactured by an Indian pharmaceutical firm, Maiden Pharmaceuticals. These cough syrups were found to be contaminated with Diethylene

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