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I don't care if it is rebranding inexpensive Indian generics so long as they are vouching for the quality.

• tpmx 6y ago
  Is there a quality problem with generics in the US? There doesn't seem to one in Europe (or at least Sweden). I assume you also have regulations and testing protocols etc?
  • mikeyouse 6y ago
    There were actually a number of scandals out of India on this front as well: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/12/722216512/bottle-of-lies-exposes-the-dark-side-of-the-generic-drug-boom https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/12/7222165... It's extremely hard to enforce GMP and QA/QC from across the world and there's a strong incentive to cheat and lie when it comes to these costly procedures. Whether it'll be any better in a US manufacturing facility is of course up for debate.
    • tpmx 6y ago
      I had never before heard the acronym GMP in this context. It appears to mean: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_manufacturing_practice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_manufacturing_practice > Because the FDA requires very specific GMP requirements that differ from those of the EU and other countries, drugs approved or synthesized without US FDA certification cannot be legally sold in the U.S. Sounds a bit like trade protectionism - but I assume that goes both ways between e.g. EU and US.
    • known 6y ago
      https://www.quora.com/Which-caste-is-looting-India/answers/220938900 https://www.quora.com/Which-caste-is-looting-India/answers/2...