On May 5, 2015, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of China announced that price controls on most drugs sold there would be lifted from June 1, 2015. This move was believed to tackle issues of drug quality and … Continue reading
“To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men” - Abraham Lincoln Not just the Federal Drug Administration of the United States (USFDA), global concerns are being expressed … Continue reading
Last week, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released the “2015 Special 301 Report”, which is its annual review of the global state of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection and enforcement. While looking through the Kaleidoscope of … Continue reading
When ‘Universal Health Care/Coverage (UHC)’, considering a critical socio-economic national responsibility’, has been implemented by the Governments in a large number of countries across the world, why has it still not been effectively addressed by the successive Governments in India, … Continue reading
Budget Expectations: Overall expectations of the Pharma Industry in India from the Union Budget perspective was very modest this year. The key areas were as follows: – To encourage innovation, in-house R&D exemption limit was expected to be raised from … Continue reading
During the recent visit of the US President Barack Obama to India from January 25-27, 2015, both the domestic and international media was abuzz with the speculation, whether or not India would concede some ground to America on the prevailing, generally … Continue reading
Ensuring ‘access to healthcare for all’ has remained a key well-articulated good intent of all the successive Governments in India, cutting across the political regimes, since 1983. The Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare published the first “National Health … Continue reading
Looking ahead, the brand new year 2015 appears quite interesting to me both from the global and also from the local pharmaceutical industry perspective. In this article I shall try to give a glimpse of some of the important drivers … Continue reading