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How is this in any way related to sanitation problems in Indian villages?

• PhantomGremlin 12y ago
  If workers at pharmaceutical plants are going home every day to "casual" attitudes about sanitation, they are much more likely to have these same "casual" attitudes at work. If they're not worried about things like "night soil", they probably aren't worried about contamination at work, either. It's easy to have problems making pharmaceuticals. It's bad enough in the USA, I'm sure its worse in third world countries. E.g. here's something that an FDA report said [1]: Microbial contamination is a risk to biologic product quality and safety. The cost of inadequate microbial control in biologic product manufacture is enormous as facilities or bioreactor production trains may have to be shut down for lengthy periods of time ... The recent cases of bacterial contamination of biologic products suggest that preventative maintenance plans ... need further attention. Sorry, I know this is a horrible stereotype. But what happened to the "good old days" when the Swiss made our medicine? [1] http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/CDER/UCM275353.pdf http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/CDER/UC...