Do you trust your medicines to work? It could be tough if the numbers are anything to go by. Estimates show over 20% of the USD25 billion Indian market for drugs could be counterfeit or spurious. Government agencies put the number at below 5%.
But recent probes point to something serious. Your drug may have talcum powder or just chalk. And so that uneasy question looms each time you have a bout of fever or cough that takes week after week to.
