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India's growing pharma industry has a sordid tale to say. Amidst the hype of 'Pharmacy of the World,' discussions about tariffs and patent expiry leading to an opportunity for Indian pharma companies, hardly any discussions are held on the killer pharma manufacturing facilities. Unless and until something fatal happens.

A majority of the pharma companies seem to turn a blind eye to the lurking danger at its manufacturing sites across the country. So much so that lives are lost due to these catastrophic events.

Pharma manufacturing plants store chemicals, sometimes inflammable that are always at high risk. Reports of manufacturing plants not complying with safety standards are nothing new. No...