Himachal’s Pharma Crisis: Are your daily medicines safe?

Описание: 💊 Himachal – The Pharmaceutical Hub… but at what cost? 🏭

Did you know that in just the first 6 months of 2025, ⚠ 47 medicine samples failed quality tests in Himachal?

These aren’t rare or experimental drugs – they include daily medicines like
🫀 Blood pressure tablets
🔥 Acidity medicines
💊 Antibiotics
💉 Paracetamol
❤ Heart medicines
🩸 Diabetes medicines

Himachal’s major pharma hubs are:
📍 Baddi – Asia’s largest pharma manufacturing zone
📍 Kala Amb – known for its growing pharma and chemical units
📍 Paonta Sahib – housing several top pharma companies
📍 Solan – emerging as another critical pharma centre
📍 Nalagarh – with small to mid-scale manufacturing units
📍 Barotiwala – part of the Baddi industrial belt
📍 Sirmaur district – with clusters in Kala Amb and Paonta Sahib

🔴 In October 2024, some medicines had to be recalled from across India due to quality failures.
In 2023 alone, 120 samples failed, while 2024 saw dozens of failures, including crucial medicines like paracetamol, heart, and diabetes drugs.

Why is this happening?
❌ Expired raw materials
⚙ Manufacturing defects
🏷 Misbranding
😠 Negligence

Despite over 660 pharma companies operating in Himachal, basic quality failures keep repeating. 🔄

Is it because of 🏃‍♂ overburdened manufacturing lines rushing to meet demand?
💸 Expired or substandard raw materials to cut costs?
🤔 Or something else entirely?

💭 Drop your thoughts below.

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