How safe are the drugs we take, with Dinesh Thakur
The Gambian cough syrup tragedy in which 66 children died has once again raised alarm about India's drug regulation policy. But was Gambia just one rotten apple? Or this apple cart itself full of loopholes? In this episode Dinesh Thakur, who became famous as a whistleblower against Ranbaxy, joins Sandip Roy to talk about his book The Truth Pill (co-written by Prashant Reddy) which looks at the state of drug regulation in India, and whether we actually get what we ordered when we buy medicines in India.