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The first time I heard of Jugaad was in Katherine Eban's "Bottle of Lies". The book goes into the ethically dubious shortcuts taken by companies like Rambaxy to
by clumsysmurf 6y ago
The first time I heard of Jugaad was in Katherine Eban's "Bottle of Lies". The book goes into the ethically dubious shortcuts taken by companies like Rambaxy to make profits, in the name of Jugaad. The broader question was whether it was just one company, or this was a cultural thing involving multiple companies.
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- tacon 6y agoThat was also my first contact with the concept. That podcast episode is infuriating, shocking, outrageous, riveting, and in certain parts so funny I laughed out loud. Highly recommended. By the way, near the end of the (long) episode, they discuss how a generic drug consumer might mitigate the worst effects of the Indian (and Chinese) drug companies. I thought that would be an interesting startup, to track the scandals and reputations of every drug company and map to each drug they manufacture. Apparently this is a DIY endeavor at the moment. This information has recently become even more useful as the worldwide pharma industry ramps up for COVID-19 drugs, vaccines, etc.