Nandini Bhattacharya is associate professor at the University of Houston, Texas.
“Disparate Remedies demonstrates the eclecticism of every aspect of the drug trade, illustrating how a lack of legislation and regulation largely resulted in a ‘free-for-all’ in the making, supply, and sale of remedies with the consequent ubiquity of counterfeiting, adulteration, and supply of substandard medicines. The great contribution of this book is that it provides a longer historical perspective and narrative than many previous works, suggesting that the rapid rise of the pharmaceutical industry in India can only be understood by knowing its historical context.” Stuart Anderson, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine “Through meticulous research and an interdisciplinary approach, Bhattacharya offers valuable insights into colonial and postcolonial India’s intersections of history, medicine, trade and industry. Moreover, this work has implications beyond academia. Its findings can inform contemporary discussions and policy making on health care provision and pharmaceutical regulation in present-day India.” British Journal for the History of Science