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India's First Drug Isn't India's First Drug « AstraZeneca Shuffles the Top Cards | Main | Regulatory Hurdles » April 30, 2012 India's First Drug Isn't India's First Drug Posted by Derek There have been a number of headlines the last few days about Ranbaxy's Synriam, an antimalarial that's being touted as the first new drug developed inside the Indian pharma industry (and Ranbaxy as the first Indian company to do it).

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