World Bank Report Accuses Indian Drug Makers Of Bid-Rigging
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
A World Bank investigation accuses Nestor Pharmaceuticals and Pure Pharma, both Indian drug makers, of rigging bids to gain contracts from government agencies. The report says the drug makers, after winning the contracts, failed to deliver the drug quantities required and diluted those they did supply. The Indian government had blacklisted both companies in 2006 and the companies have filed suit for that action. The report said the activities occurred in three projects, including one aimed at controlling tuberculosis and malaria. (Click here for more