The Nagpur batch failed every single one.
She volunteered to join the inspection team. They drove eight hours to Nagpur, to the “Shree Pharma” factory. The owner, a portly man named Mr. Mehta, met them with sweet tea and a wide, oily smile. ipksindia
She was testing a batch of a common antimalarial drug, Artesunate, sent from a manufacturer in Nagpur. The label claimed it contained 500 mg of active ingredient. The machine said 120 mg. The rest was cheap fillers—chalk, starch, and a nasty binder that could cause kidney failure. The Nagpur batch failed every single one
The peak was wrong.