Study Assesses Drug Variability

According to Roger Bate of the American Enterprise Institute, drugs made in Africa exhibit the greatest variability in composition among countries sampled in a recent study. Medicines made in China and Vietnam show the next greatest variability, followed by drugs produced by small companies in India.

Big Indian drugmakers' products, by contrast, show little variability. In fact, he finds their generics interchangeable in many cases. "It's a warning sign to Western industry and a