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		<title>Drug Quality Imbroglio And ‘Culture of Bending Rules’ in India</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2019 00:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Bottle Of Lies Exposes The Dark Side Of The Generic-Drug Boom” &#8211; re-emphasized the book, released in May 2019.  This confirms, the raging debate on the questionable quality of many generic drugs manufactured in India and involving several top domestic pharma companies, &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/drug-quality-imbroglio-and-culture-of-bending-rules-in-india/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Escalating Antibiotic Resistance, And Thwarting Ban Of Irrational FDCs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2016 23:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 2016 ‘Fact Sheet’ of the World Health Organization (W.H.O) raised a red flag on fast increasing incidence of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). It poses a serious threat to global public health, more than ever before. Consequently, effective prevention and treatment &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/escalating-antibiotic-resistance-and-thwarting-bans-of-irrational-fdcs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ease of Doing Pharma Business in India: A Kaleidoscopic View </title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2016 00:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ensuring ease of doing any ethical business activity in India, is a new focus area of the Government and is very rightly so. Creating ease of doing ethical pharma business too, falls under this overall national objective. In this article, &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/ease-of-doing-pharma-business-in-india-a-kaleidoscopic-view/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Booming Sales Of Unapproved Drugs: Do We Need “Safe In India” Campaign For Medicines?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2015 00:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/booming-sales-of-unapproved-drugs-do-we-need-safe-in-india-campaign-for-medicines/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NDDS as New Drug: Good for Patients, Great for Pharma</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2014 00:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Health of India has reportedly decided to amend Rule 122 (E) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 to categorize the New Drug Delivery Systems (NDDS), including ‘Controlled Release (CR)’ or ‘Modified Release (MR)’ formulations, whether a &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/ndds-as-new-drug-good-for-patients-great-for-pharma/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>FDC Saga: Defiant Manufacturers, Sloppy Regulators and Humongous Inaction</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2013 00:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;TO SIN BY SILENCE WHEN THEY SHOULD PROTEST MAKES COWARDS OF MEN&#8221;       &#8211; Abraham Lincoln The ghost of untested, irrational and even of bizarre kind of Fixed Dose Combination (FDC) drugs, which continue to be launched, promoted, prescribed &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/fdc-saga-defiant-manufacturers-sloppy-regulators-and-humongous-inaction/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pioglitazone Conundrum: Should The Drug Regulator Step Over The Line?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2013 00:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent order of the Indian drug regulator to withdraw all formulations of the well known, yet controversial, anti-diabetic drug &#8211; Pioglitazone from the domestic market has created a flutter in the country, ruffling many feathers at the same time. Withdrawal &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/pioglitazone-conundrum-should-the-drug-regulator-step-over-the-line/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Prescribing medicines by generic names…a good intent… but is it a practical proposition in India?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parliamentary Standing Committee for Health and Family Welfare in their recommendation to the ‘Rajya Sabha’ of the Indian Parliament on August 4, 2010, recommended prescription of medicines by their generic names. This recommendation appears to be based on the premises &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/prescribing-medicines-by-generic-namesa-good-intent-but-is-it-a-practical-proposition-in-india/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fixed Dose Combination’ drugs market in India is growing faster &#8211; are there enough regulatory checks and balances to prevent market entry of ‘irrational combinations’ to ensure patients’ safety?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WHO Model of FDCs:The 2005 ʹProcedure to update and disseminate the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, Criteria for Selection&#8216; includes the following statement regarding fixed dose combination products (FDCs):ʺMost essential medicines should be formulated as single compounds. Fixed‐dose &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/fixed-dose-combination-drugs-market-in-india-is-growing-faster-are-there-enough-regulatory-checks-and-balances-to-prevent-market-entry-of-irrational-combinations-to-ensure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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