Graft Charges At India State Drug Controller’s Office Lead To Multiple Transfers
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
As news of fresh corruption charges cloud efforts for transparency in India’s licensing process, several high-profile officials are learned to have been moved in a brisk clean-up exercise by the health ministry.
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