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100 _aThakur Dinesh S & Reddy T Prashanth
245 _aThe Truth Pill : The Myth of Drug Regulation in India
260 _aNew Delhi
_bSimon & Schuster
_c2022
505 _aCONTENTS Prologue: An Epidemic of DEG Poisoning; and Regulatory Failure; 1. The Birth of Modern Medicine and Drug Regulation; 2. Controlling the Craze for Medicinal Drugs in Colonial India; 3. Of Botched Investigations, Dodgy Prosecution Guidelines, and Lenient Judges; 4. Of Glass Particles and Bacterial Endotoxins in Drugs; 5. New Drugs and "The Persistent Insolence of the CDSCO..." 6. Can "Made in India" Generic Medicine Be Trusted?; 7. The Losing Battle to Regulate Traditional Indian Medicine; 8. The Dangers Posed by Traditional Medicine and Its Practitioners to Public Health; 9. The Chaos of Indian Pharmacies and their Supply Chains; 10. Of Drug Advertisements, Promotions, and Trademarks; 11. The Politics and Levers of Reforming India's Drug Regulatory Framework; Acknowledgements; Glossary
650 _aMedical Law - Drug Regulation - Drugs - India
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_cBK
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