Prompted Post Week 7

After reading about a few controversies in the business world today, I found an article dealing with the business of pharmaceuticals. It talks about an issue of counterfeit/substandard antimalarial drugs. The drugs originate from India or China and are distributed to African countries. There was a report of "India-made" fake drugs being sent in 2009 and the issue was traced to China. The facility was shut down. The antimalarial drug was supposed to have a low failure rate, and the quality of drugs from India is supposedly high. India strongly declines that their drugs are fake, and they have a point.

African countries may be skeptical about the drugs coming from India after the illegal Chinese business added "Made in India" to tear down India's formally good reputation.
However, they have no reason (currently) to believe that these India-made drugs are fake.

India has the right to shut down the rumors circulating about the fake drugs.
India feels that their drug companies deserve the benefit of the doubt because they have never done anything wrong.
Yes, they were accused of doing wrong, but it was not their fault.

Both sides have a point. They each want the best for their countries and their health/reputations.
There will be more research conducted on whether or not the drugs coming form India are actually counterfeit, but as of now, India is simply being accused of something that they never did wrong.


Work Cited

Mathew, Joe C. "Controversy Over Counterfeits." Controversy Over Counterfeits. N.p., 26 Jan.             2013. Web. 20 Oct. 2013.