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Liberia: India’s Opioid Kings: BBC Eye investigation exposes an Indian pharma firm fuelling West Africa’s opioid crisis

Liberia: India’s Opioid Kings: BBC Eye investigation exposes an Indian pharma firm fuelling West Africa’s opioid crisis

Rédaction Africa Links 24 with New Dawn
Published on 2025-02-21 12:54:22

India’s Opioid Kings, a new documentary from the BBC World Service’s award-winning BBC Eye Investigations team, has revealed that an Indian pharmaceutical company is manufacturing unlicensed, addictive opioids and exporting them illegally to West Africa where they are driving a major public health crisis.

Aveo Pharmaceuticals, based in Mumbai, makes a range of pills that go under different brand names and are packaged to look like legitimate medicines. But all contain the same harmful…

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