The Ingredient Quest

Juno's quest: 55 drug patents worth $300 billion a year expire within seven years, by India's drug trade body's count, more for generic makers to make. Queen Honeycomb adds the catch: most drugs need active ingredients, and China has dominated those since the 1990s; India wants that back. Mochi: the trade body says India must work with America or depend on China. Tock: three hundred billion, a year, cuckoo.

India's generic makers see a widening pipeline, with 55 major patents worth $300 billion a year expiring in the US over the next five to seven years by their trade body's count, but most drugs need active ingredients that China has dominated since the 1990s; India is trying to win that back, and its trade body says India must work with the US or depend on China.

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