Can We Trust Generic Drugs? The Ranbaxy Whistleblower Narrates the Pharma Scandal of the Century
The Accad and Koka Report · Mises Institute
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Show Notes
Generic drugs represent 90% of the pharmaceutical market. Their use has been encouraged through decades of favorable legislation and subsidies, with authorities claiming they are as safe and effective as brand name drugs. Yet generic preparations tainted with impurities are being reported with increasing frequency. What should doctors and the public know about generic drug manufacture? Our guest, Dinesh Thakur, is the chemist who was at the center of the most important scandal to rock the global pharmaceutical industry in decades.