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		<title>Exploring An Exit To India’s Covid Management Maze</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2021 00:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[‘India’s Covid-19 Crisis is Spiraling Out of Control. It Didn’t Have to Be This Way,’ was the headline of the lead article, published in The Time with the cover page ‘India in Crisis.’ All Indians also believe the same, as the current &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/exploring-an-exit-to-indias-covid-management-maze/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Voluntary Practice Alone of Pharma Marketing Code, Has Never Worked…Anywhere</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2015 00:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the last three and a half decades, ‘Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices’, prepared by various global pharma trade associations and most of the large global pharma companies individually, have come into existence for strictest voluntary adherence. These are being relentlessly &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/voluntary-practice-alone-of-pharma-marketing-code-has-never-workedanywhere/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gilead: Caught Between A Rock And A Hard Place In India</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2014 00:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had mentioned in my blog post of August 4, 2014, titled “Hepatitis C: A Silent, Deadly Disease: Treatment beyond reach of Most Indians” that in line with Gilead’s past approach to its HIV medicines, the company would offer to &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/gilead-caught-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-in-india/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Discretionary ‘Non-Compete Clause’ in Pharma FDI: An Intriguing Decision</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 07:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I had commented before, the MNC investors, while acquiring controlling stake in the Indian pharmaceutical companies, henceforth, would not be generally allowed to include any ‘non-compete clause’ in their agreement with the Indian promoters. However, this clause may be &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/discretionary-non-compete-clause-in-pharma-fdi-an-intriguing-decision/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>India, China Revoke Four Pharma Patents in A Fortnight: A Double Whammy for MNCs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2013 00:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Revocation of four pharma patents by India and China within a fortnight has raised many eyebrows, yet again, across the globe. In this short period, India has revoked three patents and China one. While this quick development is probably a &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/india-china-revoke-four-pharma-patents-in-a-fortnight-a-double-whammy-for-mncs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Does the Landmark Glivec Judgment Discourage Innovation in India?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, I do not think so. The 112 pages well articulated judgment of the Supreme Court of India delivered on April 1, 2013, does not even remotely discourage innovation in India, including much talked about ‘incremental innovation’. This landmark judgment &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/does-the-landmark-glivec-judgment-discourage-innovation-in-india/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Patented Drugs’ Pricing: Apprehensive Voices Could Turn into a Self-Defeating Prophecy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 21, 2013, the Department of Pharmaceuticals in a communication to the stakeholders announced that the committee to examine the issues of ‘Price Negotiations for Patented Drugs’ has since submitted its report to the Department. Simultaneously the stakeholders were &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/patented-drugs-pricing-apprehensive-voices-could-turn-into-a-self-defeating-prophecy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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