[VIDEO] Indian pharmaceutical problems with Africa

[finalfantasy7]

Im sure thr used to be a thread on indian pharmaceutical problem, exporting dodgy cancerious cough medicines to africa.

Thr were also listed reports on the indian opiods being exported - yet again to Africa,

O well, heres a Bbc Africia documentary on Indian opiod exports to africa (West Africa has been in the grip of an opioid crisis. Illegal, addictive, dangerous pills are sold on the streets.)

 

[sweep_shot]

India cause problems everywhere.

Not even Africa is safe.

 

[finalfantasy7]

India cause problems everywhere.

Not even Africa is safe.

Indeed, heres another indian cough syrup report from Ghana: Ghana arrests three Indian nationals over suspected gold smuggling ring

https://www.reuters.com/world/india/ghana-arrests-three-indian-nationals-over-suspected-gold-smuggling-ring-2025-04-29/

 

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Indeed, heres another indian cough syrup report from Ghana: Ghana arrests three Indian nationals over suspected gold smuggling ring

https://www.reuters.com/world/india/ghana-arrests-three-indian-nationals-over-suspected-gold-smuggling-ring-2025-04-29/

I believe Uganda once kicked out many Indians. One of the reasons was "commercial malpractice".

I wouldn't be surprised if more countries start to do similar things.

 

[finalfantasy7]

I believe Uganda once kicked out many Indians. One of the reasons was "commercial malpractice".

I wouldn't be surprised if more countries start to do similar things.

Yeh, i can bbc did a good peice on bbc i player regarding above Indian pharmaceutical companies selling opiods in western africa, the journalist was even a British indian women,

Exposing an Indian pharma firm fuelling West Africa's opioid crisis

An Indian drug maker tells a BBC undercover team its addictive cocktail drug is “very harmful” but “this is business”.

www.bbc.co.uk

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India bans two drugs behind opioid crisis in West Africa

The moves come after a BBC investigation found a firm had been illegally exporting the drugs.

www.bbc.co.uk

Ive just found the bbc i player doucmentary on it :

Eye Investigations - India's Opioid Kings

For more than a decade, West Africa has been in the grip of an opioid crisis. But who’s making these illegal, addictive pills? BBC World Service goes undercover to find out.

www.bbc.co.uk

The Africans need to be more strict - and get them out ASAP

 

[Champ_Pal]

Looks like some posters here actively search news which show India and Indians in bad light. Just to feel better about the pathetic situation in their own countries.
The feeling is, we are already in sheet, but it makes it less smelly if our enemy is also in sheet.
Small minds.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Im sure thr used to be a thread on indian pharmaceutical problem, exporting dodgy cancerious cough medicines to africa.

Thr were also listed reports on the indian opiods being exported - yet again to Africa,

O well, heres a Bbc Africia documentary on Indian opiod exports to africa (West Africa has been in the grip of an opioid crisis. Illegal, addictive, dangerous pills are sold on the streets.)

It’s good that the drug king was caught.

The question is why is Africa importing shady pharmaceutical companies medicines? Where is the checks on their part?

It took a bbc journalist to find out what is going on. Blame should also go on African leaders that allow this.

India exports cheap and quality medicines to much of Africa and Caribbean. Without Indian life saving medicines many Africans will be in trouble. Just because one company is exporting harmful drugs does not invalidate all the other great Indian pharmaceutical companies.

40% of African medicines imports are from India. The largest consumer of Indian pharmaceutical medicines is USA. The total export worth is $3.8 billion.

But hey, one shady company is caught. So all Indian pharma companies are bad according to usual suspects.

 

[Champ_Pal]

I believe Uganda once kicked out many Indians. One of the reasons was "commercial malpractice".

I wouldn't be surprised if more countries start to do similar things.

Your own country BD imports 30% of its pharmaceuticals from India.

BD cannot even manufacture its own medicines but people like you talk about kicking out Indians out of Africa.

Once that notion Idi Amin was dead, Uganda invited Indians back and gave them all the properties that Idi Amin goons confiscated. Africans realized that they cannot run their country without contributions from Indians.

 

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Rather than condemning these Indian drug dealers, sanghis are getting defensive.

Very predictable.

Africa should kick out Indian drug dealers. Maybe even give them death penalties.

 

[Bhaijaan]

The problem lies with African nations that do not have strict regulatory policies for pharmaceuticals, allowing local traders to exploit the system by importing cheap drugs from low‑quality manufacturers in India. These traders make profits while putting people’s health at risk. From such low‑margin business, even the cheap Indian manufacturers don’t earn much—just enough to survive. It’s a dirty business for sure.

India is the biggest pharmaceutical manufacturing hub, supplying high‑quality medicines to highly regulated and quality‑sensitive markets such as the US, Europe, and Japan. The difference is that those nations have strong regulations that cannot be bypassed as easily as they can in Africa.

Having said that, the Government of India must take this into its own hands rather than waiting for other nations to improve their systems.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

The problem lies with African nations that do not have strict regulatory policies for pharmaceuticals, allowing local traders to exploit the system by importing cheap drugs from low‑quality manufacturers in India. These traders make profits while putting people’s health at risk. From such low‑margin business, even the cheap Indian manufacturers don’t earn much—just enough to survive. It’s a dirty business for sure.

India is the biggest pharmaceutical manufacturing hub, supplying high‑quality medicines to highly regulated and quality‑sensitive markets such as the US, Europe, and Japan. The difference is that those nations have strong regulations that cannot be bypassed as easily as they can in Africa.

Having said that, the Government of India must take this into its own hands rather than waiting for other nations to improve their systems.

Sorry but this is the type of arguments that drug dealers use when they spread drugs into communities.

Those Indians that deliberately make dangerous vaccinations knowing that the user is likely a small and vulnerable child are complete scum. There is nothing that can justify such a predatory mindset.

You have blamed African importers while absolving Indians of all blame, in fact it seems like you have instead bemoaned that the fact that Indians don't make enough money from this enterprise.

 

[Devadwal]

Lol Pakistan government is sending expiry date products in Lanka

https://twitter.com/x/status/1995735388082647171

 

[Bhaijaan]

Sorry but this is the type of arguments that drug dealers use when they spread drugs into communities.

Those Indians that deliberately make dangerous vaccinations knowing that the user is likely a small and vulnerable child are complete scum. There is nothing that can justify such a predatory mindset.

You have blamed African importers while absolving Indians of all blame, in fact it seems like you have instead bemoaned that the fact that Indians don't make enough money from this enterprise.

You don’t know how this business works. The African traders are fully complicit in this by intentionally picking low quality cheap manufacturers so they can make a big cut from import and distribution while their national drug authorities remain oblivious to this.

In India there are A class companies who successfully export to US, Europe without any issues and there are also low quality manufacturers who shouldn’t even be called Pharmaceutical companies. Healthcare is quality conscious business, there’s a limit to which you can cut costs. Going below a certain level only means you’re intentionally putting everyone’s life in danger.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

You don’t know how this business works. The African traders are fully complicit in this by intentionally picking low quality cheap manufacturers so they can make a big cut from import and distribution while their national drug authorities remain oblivious to this.

In India there are A class companies who successfully export to US, Europe without any issues and there are also low quality manufacturers who shouldn’t even be called Pharmaceutical companies. Healthcare is quality conscious business, there’s a limit to which you can cut costs. Going below a certain level only means you’re intentionally putting everyone’s life in danger.

Put simply. If these Indian companies didn't exist, then there would be no low quality drugs in the market for Africans to buy. It is convenient that you are blaming everyone apart from the criminals.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Put simply. If these Indian companies didn't exist, then there would be no low quality drugs in the market for Africans to buy. It is convenient that you are blaming everyone apart from the criminals.

India must do its part to curb the menace of low quality drug makers. But African traders are as much responsible if not more. If the same happened in India, I would be asking why we bought low quality cheap drugs from another country.

 

[JaDed]

Looks like some posters here actively search news which show India and Indians in bad light. Just to feel better about the pathetic situation in their own countries.
The feeling is, we are already in sheet, but it makes it less smelly if our enemy is also in sheet.
Small minds.

Naw they don't search news, he has Indian content on all youtube … if you ask him he will be like its some guy living in next neighbourhood who he follows.

 

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Naw they don't search news, he has Indian content on all youtube … if you ask him he will be like its some guy living in next neighbourhood who he follows.

Rather than attacking the messenger, why don't you acknowledge the message and condemn the criminals?

Embrace self-accountability.

 

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@finalfantasy7

Keep up the good work. You are posting great stuff. Sanghis are salty as usual.

 

[JaDed]

Rather than attacking the messenger, why don't you acknowledge the message and condemn the criminals?

Embrace self-accountability.

I should acknowledge someone that posts 100 negative Indian youtube videos on PP a day?
I’m sure you will acknowledge an Indian doing the same about Pak or Bd too

 

[DeadlyVenom]

India must do its part to curb the menace of low quality drug makers. But African traders are as much responsible if not more. If the same happened in India, I would be asking why we bought low quality cheap drugs from another country.

The Africans are nice and trustworthy people. They don't know how to deal with scrupulous immoral people like these Indian manufacturers.

Yes they should toughen up too and realise the reality of India, but it is nice they are so trusting of you guys.

 

[Bhaijaan]

The Africans are nice and trustworthy people. They don't know how to deal with scrupulous immoral people like these Indian manufacturers.

Yes they should toughen up too and realise the reality of India, but it is nice they are so trusting of you guys.

An African nation opens a tender for 1 million syrup bottles. They get 3 quotations :-

A European manufacturer quotes $3/bottle
A top quality Indian manufacturer quotes $1.5/bottle
A third class Indian manufacturer with no reputation and quality record quotes $0.4/bottle

They end up picking the last.
It’s not being trustworthy. It’s putting your peoples life in danger.

Yes India should have very strict protocols in place to ensure poor quality drugs don’t reach people anywhere in the world including India. We have certain measures in place but apparently it’s not enough. But what is the buyer expecting here while dealing with all these shady manufacturers. It’s atrocious. African healthcare market is an absolute joke.

 

[finalfantasy7]

Looks like some posters here actively search news which show India and Indians in bad light. Just to feel better about the pathetic situation in their own countries.
The feeling is, we are already in sheet, but it makes it less smelly if our enemy is also in sheet.
Small minds.

no, this feeds come into my phone news feeds, which report on here

 

[finalfantasy7]

It’s good that the drug king was caught.

The question is why is Africa importing shady pharmaceutical companies medicines? Where is the checks on their part?

It took a bbc journalist to find out what is going on. Blame should also go on African leaders that allow this.

India exports cheap and quality medicines to much of Africa and Caribbean. Without Indian life saving medicines many Africans will be in trouble. Just because one company is exporting harmful drugs does not invalidate all the other great Indian pharmaceutical companies.

40% of African medicines imports are from India. The largest consumer of Indian pharmaceutical medicines is USA. The total export worth is $3.8 billion.

But hey, one shady company is caught. So all Indian pharma companies are bad according to usual suspects.

nah the blame is on india part, you create the drug, your the one with a international standard - but yet these as the reporter states in bbc documentary - these are not by accident, but deliberate,


another incident was when UK tested that india sent fake covid vaccines, 5million of them - india tried to state that it was a bad batch and didnt allow anyone to nvestigate the factory producing the vaccines.

 

[finalfantasy7]

The problem lies with African nations that do not have strict regulatory policies for pharmaceuticals, allowing local traders to exploit the system by importing cheap drugs from low‑quality manufacturers in India. These traders make profits while putting people’s health at risk. From such low‑margin business, even the cheap Indian manufacturers don’t earn much—just enough to survive. It’s a dirty business for sure.

India is the biggest pharmaceutical manufacturing hub, supplying high‑quality medicines to highly regulated and quality‑sensitive markets such as the US, Europe, and Japan. The difference is that those nations have strong regulations that cannot be bypassed as easily as they can in Africa.

Having said that, the Government of India must take this into its own hands rather than waiting for other nations to improve their systems.

crazy considering the bbc journalist, blames the indian companies as the main culprit, but yet indians blame the buyer, absolutely crazy

 

[Champ_Pal]

crazy considering the bbc journalist, blames the indian companies as the main culprit, but yet indians blame the buyer, absolutely crazy

Was the company that sent drugs to Africa hold the approval of Central Drugs Standard Control Organization? All Pharma companies need it in India to sell their drugs in India. There are some shady companies in India that offer cheaper alternatives.
That Indian Pharma company cannot just export the drugs as they wish to Africa. Someone or an organization was in touch with this shady company. Probably accepted bribes to import harmful addictive drugs to that African nation. It takes 2 to tango.
Of course the bbc journo blames India. They are known for writing anti-india articles. Its funny to see her absolve the African side from actually importing those addictive drugs. Where is the quality control on the African side? Or were they compromised too?

 

[finalfantasy7]

Was the company that sent drugs to Africa hold the approval of Central Drugs Standard Control Organization? All Pharma companies need it in India to sell their drugs in India. There are some shady companies in India that offer cheaper alternatives.
That Indian Pharma company cannot just export the drugs as they wish to Africa. Someone or an organization was in touch with this shady company. Probably accepted bribes to import harmful addictive drugs to that African nation. It takes 2 to tango.
Of course the bbc journo blames India. They are known for writing anti-india articles. Its funny to see her absolve the African side from actually importing those addictive drugs. Where is the quality control on the African side? Or were they compromised too?

your being delusional again, bbc journalist is a indian

 

[Champ_Pal]

your being delusional again, bbc journalist is a indian

So?
Many of these left leaning media outlets hire Journalists that show India in a particular way. India has plenty of haters within its country. Mostly socialist and communist types.

I am not absolving that Indian Pharma company from its wrongdoings. But it takes 2 to tango as I already said. The corrupt African governments know what they are doing. They sure must've had quality controls. No Indian company can simply export Opioid drugs just like that. The greed of the Indian Pharma company and the corrupt African governments, both needs to shoulder the responsibility.
Indian Pharma companies supply medicines to first world countries like USA, UK and other Euro nations. But is Africa the only one that got illegal drugs? Because there is no quality check there. Their politicians are greedy. Aways ready for a quick buck. The Indian Pharma also greedy is ready to export Opioid drugs to them.