PARA JUMBLE A. Take the example of stents: After the NPPA s | English MCQs & Quizzes

PARA JUMBLE

A. Take the example of stents: After the NPPA slashed prices, there were genuine concerns that manufacturers in India would exit the field and there would be shortages at hospitals.

B. Today, the active pharmaceutical ingredient in many commonly used drugs and front-line medications come from China.

C. A recent report by the Boston Consulting Group and the Confederation of Indian Industry has flagged the risks of such dependence on Chinese imports and noted that any threat to the supply chain in China, as evidenced before the Beijing Olympics, could affect the manufacture of critical drugs.

D. Subsequent reports indicate that such a situation has been averted for the moment but there’s no telling how this will unravel in the long term.

E. When the Drug Price Control Order (DPCO) was issued in 1995, it forced producers out of the Indian market.

F. Its successor, the DPCO 2013, has only served to encourage oligopolistic behaviour that almost always hurts consumers.

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