The Ranbaxy effect : My op-ed in The Indian Express

This morning's Indian Express op-ed page carries my views on the impact of the Ranbaxy revelations on Indian generics. To read click here.  Just to clarify, I had attributed numbers on US imports of bulk drugs and finished medicines that I have cited in the column to Fortune magazine. The attribution appears to have fallen …

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Sushrut’s sale to Smith & Nephew : what it says, and what it doesn’t

On May 2, UK-based trauma care products company Smith & Nephew said it would acquire Pune-based Sushrut Surgicals, a homegrown closely-held maker of orthopaedic implants such as bone plates and screws used to correct fractures and deformities, for an undisclosed sum, from the Pitre family. The move took me by surprise. After all, Ajay Pitre, …