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Oct 15, 2022 7 tweets 3 min read Read on X
Short thread 👇 #truthpill

This entire journey started for @Preddy85 and me with this:

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Where this 👇 was the norm when asked for data/records: Image
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And this is how the data we asked came in: Image
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Yes, there were some bright spots that gave us hope: Image
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But many jaw dropping moments: Image
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And some that just made us smile :) Image
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And so, we invite you to another milestone in this journey tonite. Hope you can join us. Image

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More from @d_s_thakur

Aug 25
Long 🧵 👇

A few years ago, Patanjali Ayurved came under scrutiny when it brazenly violated the Drugs & Magic Remedies Advertisements (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954 by publishing questionable advertisements in leading English newspapers:


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Almost no attention has been paid to similar advertisements by the Ayush industry on Big Tech platforms.

@Preddy85 and I conducted a study on such advertisements by the Ayush industry on Big Tech platforms.

Download the report here: thetruthpill.in/wp-content/upl…
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Our findings will amaze you. Fasten your seat belts.

The fact that most “drugs” that fall under the purview of @moayush have very little in the way of scientific evidence is a well known and documented fact:

thehindu.com/sci-tech/healt…
Read 23 tweets
Dec 5, 2024
What is the price of the life of 4 young women today?

If this question bothers you, take a few minutes to read this👇 thread:

If you didnt know, 4 young mothers died in Karnataka because they were administered an injection that was contaminated with endotoxins.

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And yes, this could happen to you or your loved ones.

The Minister for Health has asked for an investigation.

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The root cause, as always, seems to be elsewhere. @Preddy85 and I wrote this piece trying to explain how unaccountable bureaucracy plays with lives of people and which seems to be a feature of our drug regulation.

Read 12 tweets
Sep 28, 2024
Thread 🧵👇

Earlier this week, @CDSCO_INDIA_INF finally relented and published the names of the manufacturers whose products were found to be "Not of Standard Quality" in central and state drug testing laboratories.

There is visible outrage this time, including official

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spokespersons trying to manufacture a fig leaf to cover this up.

Truth is, such failures are routine.

Earlier this year, it was disclosed in the legislature of Himachal Pradesh that more than 1,600 drugs failed testing in the state over the last three years
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the list which is publicly available and shows many well known drugs: 

The question, which we refuse to ask is this: what is the deterrent for erring manufacturers to stop selling this poison to unsuspecting patients?dineshthakur.com/wp-content/upl…
Read 10 tweets
Sep 8, 2024
@Preddy85 and I write in @HindustanTimes today about the sordid history of Rule 170 and how @moayush removed it from the law while the SC was adjudicating the IMA's petition. 🧵👇

If you need a definition of regulatory capture, look no further.

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hindustantimes.com/opinion/transp…
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Our regulations require @moayush products to NOT submit any data for four of the five parameters that apply to modern medicine @theliverdr

Controlling false claims in advertisement is the only lever we have against outright quackery Image
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When the Parliamentary Standing Committee in 4 of its reports no less, repeatedly flagged the fact that the existing law (Drugs & Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act) was not effective in checking the brazen claims of the Ayush industry,
Read 10 tweets
Apr 3, 2024
Quick 🧵👇

Lots of discussion about what happened in the Court yesterday in the case of #LalaRamdev as to how and why his company repeatedly made false claims of cure.

He and his company is NOT alone. The true culprit is elsewhere. Let me illustrate

This is marketed on Amazon Image
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Here is the link:
amazon.in/dp/B0CW9SDDX3?…
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This company is running advertisements on Hindi media channels in India and on YouTube👇

Just watch the kinds of claims they are making:

Read 11 tweets
Mar 29, 2024
Quick 🧵👇

Two members of the Himachal Legislative Assembly, Kewal Singh Pathania and Vipin Singh Parmar did us all a great favor.

They asked a question of the HP Ministry of Health to provide a list of all drugs that have failed testing in the last three years along

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with the names of their manufacturers.

For background, HP has the largest number of pharma manufacturing units in the country because of the 'tax holiday' provided for development of hilly regions.

This is the 1st time when we have this data from a state govt on record. Image
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The answer provided by the govt. indicates that over the last three years, a total of 1683 drug samples manufactured in the state failed testing 😱

Just think about this number. 1683 drugs failed testing over the last three years.
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