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		<title>Union Budget 2017-18: ‘Modicare’ Remains A Pie In The Sky</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2017 00:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Universal Health Care (UHC), as narrated in the National Health Policy (NHP) 2015 (NHP 2015 Draft) of Narendra Modi Government, making health a ‘Fundamental Right’ for Indian citizens, was considered a profound step by many, both in its both content and intent. &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/union-budget-2017-18-modicare-remains-a-pie-in-the-sky/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>India To Expand NLEM 2011: A Step In The Right Direction</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2015 00:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Responding to growing discontentment on the flawed National List of Essential Medicines 2011 (NLEM 2011) and equally vociferous demand for its urgent rectification, on May 5, 2015, in a written reply to the Lower House of Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha) &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/india-to-expand-nlem-2011-a-step-in-the-right-direction/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>“Meeting Unmet Needs of Patients”: A New Direction</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The much-hyped phrase of the global pharma majors &#8211; ‘meeting unmet needs of patients’, is very often used to create an aura around newer patented drugs of all kinds, from original to banal, including evergreen varieties such as: Evergreen Drug/Brand &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/meeting-unmet-needs-of-patients-a-new-direction/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Access to Medicine: Losing Track in Cacophony</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2013 00:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/access-to-medicine-losing-track-in-cacophony/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Changing pharmaceutical marketing environment demands a change in mindset for a new strategic direction.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will the Tsunami of change hit India too? In the matured markets of the global pharmaceutical industry, individual doctors are no longer the prime target customers. Healthcare providers, patient advocacy groups, pharmacy benefit managers, clinical assessment authorities etc have already &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/changing-pharmaceutical-marketing-environment-demands-a-change-in-mindset-for-a-new-strategic-direction/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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