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India pharma quality lapses force U.S. to look to China for vital drugs (asia.nikkei.com)
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In the final weeks of 2022, a small team of inspectors from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration were far from home, investigating a pharmaceutical factory in western India.

Indian drugmaker Intas was making cancer drugs for the United States at the plant where, in a trash bin, inspectors found documents doused in acetic acid. More papers with manufacturing and drug testing data were shredded and tucked away in plastic bags under a stairwell, indicating that Intas executives had manipulated data and tried to cover it up.

Six months later, the FDA called the drugs adulterated and halted imports from the plant, contributing to a severe shortage of life-saving cancer drugs in the United States.

U.S. physicians say the cancer drug shortage could lead to thousands of deaths. The crisis has compelled Washington to turn to China despite broader efforts at reducing its reliance on the nation. China’s Qilu Pharmaceutical has been called in to make up for the shortfall.

India’s lax regulatory oversight, analog practices where things should be digitized, and data integrity issues have far-reaching consequences that include hundreds of children dying from contaminated cough syrups across the world, and the potential to reshape geopolitical dynamics in the global drug trade.

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[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 28 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I hope with all my heart this shit crashes Modi's power-fueled leadership of India. They deserve better than what this scumbag has provided.

[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 12 points 8 months ago

There's pretty much zero opposition parties (Congress hasn't counted in a long time), so Modi isnt going anywhere soon.

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

It will if it starts to dramatically affect corporate profits in addition to the lower class.

I believe that's what started happening around 2018 and made him actually unpopular enough that he would lose seats, so he did the funni 2019 air skirmish (which technically backfired) to gain rapid support prior to elections.

I'd love to see it happen again, partially because I think PAF vs IAF is fun to watch, but Modi seems to be popular as ever and doesn't seem to be worried like last time.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

China- well known for its quality control.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well - you get what you pay for. They can do quality stuff - for instance iPhones and oder Apple gizmos - but cheap stuff is garbage no matter where it comes from. Another example, Teslas made in China are better quality than those made in Fremont.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

Good point. Americans are conditioned to think all Chinese stuff is cheap crap, when in reality it's because we moved manufacturing over there so we could make cheap crap. It's not that they can't make quality, we're just not paying for quality.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 8 months ago

Seems like in 2019 there was a lot of energy / press about companies moving from China to India. The past year seems to suggest that India is unprepared to handle the load. I've seen articles like this one about manufacturing and I think another issue, but it's early and I just woke up. Point being, we're gonna rely on China for a bit longer than planned.

Anyone know how it's going elsewhere? The only other country I know of as a China-exit is Vietnam.