Medicine & Surgery
India's generic-medicine industry
1970s onwardIndian pharmaceutical firmsPatents Act 1970 (process patents)Indus region (India/Pakistan)
1970
Large-scale production of low-cost generic medicines for domestic and global markets.
- Dated
- 1970–1979
- As scholars put it
- 1970s onward
- Originator
- Indian pharmaceutical firms
- Source text
- Patents Act 1970 (process patents)
- Region
- Indus region (India/Pakistan)
- Discipline
- Medicine & Surgery
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Verified-web
Meanwhile in the West
Generic industries also exist in other countries.
Fair to say
Hamied's estimate that India supplies 30-40% of US generics is his claim; quality lapses at some firms have been flagged by US and EU regulators.
Path to modern innovation
Often called the 'pharmacy of the world'.
1970India's generic-medicine industry
2001
2012
2013Transmission
Exports to the US, Africa and beyond.
References
- 1Chemistry World interview
Further reading
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