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Podcast: businessline's State of the Economy Podcast
Episode: Theme: Health| Is the health sector witnessing a shortage of generic medicine supply amid wars globally?
Description: In this episode of the State of the Economy podcast, Jayasree K. Iyer, CEO, Access to Medicine Foundation, talks to businessline’s Jyoti Dutta on the state of generic drug accessibility. The foundation recently released a report highlighting the need for improved access to generic drugs, which are more affordable alternatives to innovative medicines. The report emphasises that generic drug manufacturers must not rest on their laurels but instead work to make drugs more accessible. It points out that 90% of medicines classified as essential by the World Health Organisation fall under the category of generics, including treatments for...