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		<title>The Unseen Terror: Fake Drugs Claim More Lives Than Terrorism in India</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 07:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In May 2025, the Union Health Ministry acknowledged in a response to the Lok Sabha that over 7,500 drug samples failed quality tests across India in the previous year, with spurious drugs reported from nearly every major state. The admission, &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/the-unseen-terror-fake-drugs-claim-more-lives-than-terrorism-in-india/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Regulatory Failures Are Still Risking Patient Lives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2024 06:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[India&#8217;s pharmaceutical industry faces renewed scrutiny as the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) flagged numerous substandard drugs in September 2024. At the same time, an October 02, 2024, Business Standard report highlights an ongoing crackdown on such drugs by regulators. This article explores &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/regulatory-failures-are-still-risking-patient-lives/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blockchain: A Game Changer For Safe Medicines</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2018 00:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[‘Your medicine box may have fake drugs’ was the March 18, 2018 headline of a popular pan Indian news daily. Just the year before, the 2017 report of the World Health Organization (WHO), also flagged that around 10.5 percent of all medicines in &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/blockchain-a-game-changer-for-safe-medicines/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>For Improving Drug Quality in India &#8211; A Bizarre Intent</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2018 23:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 16, 2017, quoting a Government source, a media report revealed, “India&#8217;s drug regulator is looking to inspect US pharmaceutical facilities, making critical medicines so that only high-quality products are imported from them.” This intent follows a similar decision &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/for-improving-drug-quality-in-india-a-bizarre-intent/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Counterfeit Drugs In India: A Malady Much Deeper</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2016 23:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many debates and discussions continue being lined up in India almost regularly, generally by the pharma trade associations, besides a few others, on the issue of counterfeit drugs. A good number of these events are sponsored by the global and &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/counterfeit-drugs-in-india-a-malady-much-deeper/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Fake Drugs Kill More People Each Year Than Terrorism In The Last 40 years&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2015 00:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this article, I shall deliberate on ‘fake medicines’ that we may at times land up into buying, without any inkling that instead of curing or managing the ailments, these products can push us into serious health hazards, quite contrary &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/fake-drugs-kill-more-people-each-year-than-terrorism-in-the-last-40-years/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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