Modi’s Jan Vishwas Bill gives the pharmaceutical industry a get-out-of-jail card

The Jan Vishwas Bill, which was recently passed by the Lok Sabha, has provoked a controversy regarding its implications for public health in India. This after the government put out a rather misleading press release in response to claims that one of us made on Twitter. 

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I am grateful that the @MoHFW_INDIA has issued a clarification to my tweet thread about the decriminalization of provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 which I re-posted yesterday after the Jan Vishwas Bill 2023 was passed in the Lok Sabha to rebut my 1/n

— Dinesh S. Thakur (@d_s_thakur) July 28, 2023