Currently in India the nutraceutical products segment, with surrogate or off-label therapeutic claims, is growing at a reasonable pace. Many such products are now being directly promoted to the medical profession, just like any other modern medicines, with therapeutic claims … Continue reading
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India’s China Dependence On API: A Time To Think ‘Outside The Box’
The Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) has declared the Year 2015 as the Year of ‘Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API)’. Following it up on February 25, 2015, the Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers Ananth Kumar assured the Pharmaceutical Industry that appropriate … Continue reading
‘Fake Drugs Kill More People Each Year Than Terrorism In The Last 40 years’
In this article, I shall deliberate on ‘fake medicines’ that we may at times land up into buying, without any inkling that instead of curing or managing the ailments, these products can push us into serious health hazards, quite contrary … Continue reading
Access to Medicine: Losing Track in Cacophony
Indian Healthcare space is by and large an arena, where perceptions prevail over the changing reality in many important areas. Consequently, fierce discourse in those areas mostly gives rise to a cacophony of ‘Your Perceptions Against Mine’. It is intriguing, why even … Continue reading