The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India is a 2022 book by whistleblower Dinesh Thakur and lawyer Prashant Reddy.

[1] In 2007, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, had begun criminal investigation of Ranbaxy Laboratories after whistleblowers including Dinesh Thakur, informed the FDA of serious quality-related issues at the company.

[4][5] The book details and analyses several incidents of deaths, occurred due to malpractices by Indian pharmaceutical companies and the judicial laxity in such cases.

[8] They also raise concern that the regulatory framework for Ayurvedic and other traditional medicine, contains no requirement to prove its safety and efficacy.

[9] Reddy and Thakur received a legal notice from Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation after they commented on the deaths of more than 66 children in Gambia, caused due to Indian-made cough syrups.