How India's Drug Exports May Have a Safety Problem

In 2019, doctors at hospitals in Colombia began reporting that patients treated with a commonly used cancer drug were developing high fevers, “altered states of consciousness” and other concerning symptoms.

They suspected that more than 100 patients had suffered reactions linked to the contaminated medicine. Four children died, including a six-year-old girl named Valery.

The drug they were given was made by Naprod Life Sciences in India, a crucial but sometimes unnoticed maker of low-cost generic cancer medicine. None of the medicine the company makes is approved for sale in the US, where regulations are tougher. Naprod can sell some medicine in Europe but said it currently is not.

This is the story of how a drugmaker with a record of safety lapses and quality concerns keeps selling medicine, leaving patients and families to suffer the consequences.

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