Skyrocketing US generic prices: blame it on compliance costs, ''inspection raj''
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Ok, now for the Indian industry's take on why generic prices may have surged in the US, against the backdrop of the probe by Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Elijah Cummings. Put simply, much of the Indian defense can be read as: You brought this upon yourself.
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