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		<title>Should India allow use of Compulsory License as a common tool to improve access to medicines?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Compulsory License (CL) is generally considered a very important provision in the Patent Act of a country to protect public health interest not only by the governments, but also by a large number of experts across the globe and the &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/should-india-allow-use-of-compulsory-license-as-a-common-tool-to-improve-access-to-medicines/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Encourage vaccine research and improve its access to demonstrate ‘prevention is better than cure’</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vaccines are one of the most successful and cost-effective public health interventions, which help preventing over 2 million deaths every year. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines vaccines as: “A vaccine is any preparation intended to produce immunity to a &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/encourage-vaccine-research-and-improve-its-access-to-demonstrate-prevention-is-better-than-cure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>e-healthcare: A new vista to improve access to quality and affordable healthcare in India</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The concept of e-healthcare started germinating in India since 1999, when the ‘Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)’ initiated its pioneering step towards telemedicine in the country by deploying a SATCOM-based telemedicine network. This network is currently playing a key role &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/e-healthcare-a-new-vista-to-improve-access-to-quality-and-affordable-healthcare-in-india/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The concept of ‘Value Based Pricing (VBP)’ gaining ground to reduce cost of healthcare and improve access…but India is quite different</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So far as the pharmaceutical pricing and increasing access to healthcare are concerned, year 2010 perhaps will be remembered as one of the very significant years, at least, in the recent times. In this year with new healthcare reform, President &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/the-concept-of-value-based-pricing-vbp-gaining-ground-to-reduce-cost-of-healthcare-and-improve-accessbut-india-is-quite-different/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Prescribing 10 steps for comprehensive Healthcare Reforms in India</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 01:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently President Barack Obama, by enacting historic healthcare reform legislation, fulfilled his election campaign pledge to provide healthcare to all in the United States of America. This piece of legislation will provide health insurance benefits to another around 34 million &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/prescribing-10-steps-for-comprehensive-healthcare-reforms-in-india/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring a new ‘Business Model’ to improve access to healthcare in rural India with the industry participation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rural India – the home of around 72% of 1.12 billion population of India is undergoing a metamorphosis, as it were. Disposable income of this population is slowly but steadily rising, as evidenced by rapid market penetration of the ‘Fast &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/exploring-a-new-business-model-to-improve-access-to-healthcare-in-rural-india-with-the-industry-participation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Innovative Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Healthcare Financing is the way forward to improve ‘Affordability’ and ‘Access’ to Healthcare’ in India</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 01:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite various measures taken by the Government of India (GoI), around 65% of the population do not have access to modern medicines in the country. Such medicines do not include treatment just for ‘Tropical Diseases’ like, Malaria, Tuberculosis, Filariasis or &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/innovative-public-private-partnership-ppp-in-healthcare-financing-is-the-way-forward-to-improve-affordability-and-access-to-healthcare-in-india/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Recent efforts to improve the functioning of the WIPO-administered Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is a welcome step for the interest of India.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the third largest user among developing countries of the PCT system, India has a particular interest in ensuring that the PCT system supports its innovators and exporters in the most efficient manner possible. What does PCT system do? The &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/recent-efforts-to-improve-the-functioning-of-the-wipo-administered-patent-cooperation-treaty-pct-is-a-welcome-step-for-the-interest-of-india/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Increasing penetration of Health Insurance: an important way to improve affordability and access to healthcare</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While India is making rapid strides in its economic growth, the country is increasingly facing constraints in providing healthcare benefits to a vast majority of its population. This is mainly because of the following reasons:1. Inadequate healthcare infrastructure and delivery &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/increasing-penetration-of-health-insurance-an-important-way-to-improve-affordability-and-access-to-healthcare/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An integrated approach towards Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiatives to improve access to healthcare in India is the way forward.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite so much of stringent government control, debate and activism on the affordability of modern medicines in India, on the one hand, and the success of the government to make medicines available in the country at a price, which is &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/an-integrated-approach-towards-public-private-partnership-ppp-initiatives-to-improve-access-to-healthcare-in-india-is-the-way-forward/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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