Indian Teen’s Fight For Lifesaving TB Drug Highlights Access Issues
Executive Summary
An Indian teenager’s court battle for a new tuberculosis drug that doctors say could save her life has cast a harsh spotlight on the slow rollout of breakthrough medicines to treat the disease in the country, one of the world’s biggest TB hotspots.
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