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Is India capable of ensuring equitable access to biopharmaceuticals?

Express Pharma

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), an estimated two billion people across the world do not have access to essential medicines for life threatening diseases like cancer, AIDS and even autoimmune diseases like Type 1 diabetes.

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World Standards Day: Recognizing How Standards Enable a Strong Medicines Supply Chain

Quality Matters

Since manufacturers know the precise quality specifications, standards help make the approval process for generic medicines more efficient. In 2007 and 2008, nearly 150 patients died and hundreds more suffered serious adverse reactions after they were treated with heparin, a commonly used blood-thinning drug.