Ranbaxy Whistleblower’s New Mission: How to Detect Fraud from Afar

A decade ago, Dinesh Thakur was able to perceive data integrity issues at Ranbaxy because of his unique position in the company. Today, he’s working to help pharmaceutical companies monitor their global manufacturing networks to detect such issues wherever they might occur.

A U.S. pharmaceutical industry veteran who was able to see major data integrity failures at a growing Indian drug maker only because of the high-level job he took there is advising global manufacturers on how to peer into their far-flung networks to judge their integrity remotely, much as credit card companies do to protect their customers.

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