Published on 07/01/2025 23:30
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India: the new pharmacy of the world
India: the new pharmacy of the world
(France 2)
In France, we subcontract the production of medicines, particularly active ingredients. India is today the great laboratory of the world. Today, it trains researchers and produces the drugs of tomorrow.
Most of the medicines consumed in France are certainly produced entirely or partly in India. Today, 80% of the medicines we consume come from Asia. In recent years, India has even become the leading producer of generic drugs in the world. A pharmaceutical group, based in the west of the country and specializing in generic medicines, exports 80% of its production.
Every year, the company's turnover increases by 30%. The boss also owes this growth to significant subsidies paid by the authorities. Thanks to this support, the group continues to grow. A new site is under construction to manufacture injectable drugs, starting next year. India now has around ten pharmaceutical hubs. Last year, the pharmaceutical industry brought in 50 billion euros to India. But by producing medicines on its balances for the country wants to continue to make the pharmaceutical industry one of its models to treat the planet, the country is intensifying its pollution. The world's fifth economic power, the country wants to continue to make the pharmaceutical industry one of the engines of its development.
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