India’s Opioid Kings: Pharmaceutical Firm Behind West Africa’s Drug Crisis Unmasked

Leadership | 21-02-2025 10:17pm |

A shocking BBC Eye Investigation has uncovered how an Indian pharmaceutical company, Aveo Pharmaceuticals, was illegally manufacturing and exporting highly addictive opioids to West Africa, fueling a growing public health crisis. The Mumbai-based company produced unlicensed pills containing a dangerous combination of tapentadol, a potent opioid, and carisoprodol, a banned muscle relaxant. These drugs, marketed [...]

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