Report: India’s huge dependence on Chinese active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), including in high disease burden areas, poses heightened risks to its health security and requires “urgent interventions.”
India could be staring at a national health crisis in the backdrop of its continuing massive reliance on Chinese active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), including those used in drugs for high-burden diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular ailments, according to a report by the professional services firm KPMG and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
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