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Quality, Not Price: Why the Generic Drug Debate Keeps Missing the Point

In an earlier article in The Wire Science, I argued that India’s debate on generic medicines is routinely misframed. The issue is not whether medicines are cheap or expensive, but whether they meet defined standards of quality. Price is a market outcome; quality is a regulatory determination. That distinction remains central, and it is worth…

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