Merchants of death in Indian pharma – Business Line Opinion
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“As the sterilisation tragedy unfolded in Bilaspur, where as many as 14 women succumbed to medical misconduct, the media was all over the local administration, rightfully asking some tough questions. Barkha Dutt from NDTV interviewed Raman Singh, chief minister of Chhattisgarh and pointedly asked him about “political accountability” for the tragedy. This was the line of questioning on news channels and newspaper reports.
In the last few days, local newspapers carried news of arrests of Ramesh Mahawar of Mahawar Pharmaceuticals and Rakesh Khare of Kavita Pharmaceuticals after reports emerged that the antibiotic Ciprofloxacin allegedly manufactured by these two pharmaceutical manufacturers was laced with rat poison.”
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