Arshu John

1 month ago | himalmag.com | Vidya Krishnan |Arshu John

This story is part of “Pills, Perils, Profits”, a Himal investigative series on Southasian pharmaceutical manufacturing and exports. Reporting for this story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. IN MAY 1982, a committee of eight experts submitted a report to Bangladesh’s health ministry proposing an overhaul of the country’s drug regulation regime.

1 month ago | shorturl.at | Vidya Krishnan |Arshu John

This story is part of “Pills, Perils, Profits”, a Himal investigative series on Southasian pharmaceutical manufacturing and exports. Reporting for this story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. IN MAY 1982, a committee of eight experts submitted a report to Bangladesh’s health ministry proposing an overhaul of the country’s drug regulation regime.

1 month ago | himalmag.com | Vidya Krishnan |Arshu John

This story is part of “Pills, Perils, Profits”, a Himal investigative series on Southasian pharmaceutical manufacturing and exports. Reporting for this story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. IN DECEMBER 2023, the Drugs Control Administration (DCA) for the Indian state of Telangana busted a spurious drug racket in Hyderabad following a tip-off by its Vigilance Cell about a firm named Astrica Healthcare.

1 month ago | himalmag.com | Vidya Krishnan |Arshu John

This story is part of “Pills, Perils, Profits”, a Himal investigative series on Southasian pharmaceutical manufacturing and exports. Reporting for this story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. EBRIMA SAGNIA had the patient look of a man who had spoken to a lot of journalists. At the age of 45, grief had transformed him, Sagnia said, since he inadvertently poisoned his son, Lamin. “Just imagine, you give your child a syrup hoping he will get better,” Sagnia said.