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    Decoded: How India makes affordable drugs for developed world, but ‘deadly’ medicines for developing countries

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    India is called the 'pharmacy of the world' because it makes and exports drugs worth millions of dollars to many countries. But recent incidents cast a cloud over the country's pharma industry.

    The reputation of India’s pharmaceutical industry is now truly at stake with the World Health Organization and the US Food and Drug Administration raising red flags on medicines made in the country.The World Health Organization (WHO) this month issued an alert after a batch of cough syrup made by Fourrts (India) Laboratories and sold in Iraq was found to have unacceptable levels of contaminants. “The substandard batch of the product is unsafe
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