In tandem with exemplary growth in the healthcare sector, China has started confronting with some consequential hazards in form of serious regulatory violations involving, besides many others, hospitals, pharmaceutical pricing and food and drug safety, which reportedly include contaminated milk powder and … Continue reading
Though the percentage of patients suffering from ‘Rare Diseases’ in India is reportedly higher than the world average, unfortunately even today such cases get little help from our government. According to experts, diseases manifesting patients representing maximum 6 to 8 … Continue reading
“Health leaps out of science and draws nourishment from the society around it” – Gunnar Myrdal (Swedish Nobel Laureate Economist) The success concoction of the global pharmaceutical industry for India, by and large, still remains to be sustained attempts in … Continue reading
Drug Price Control has remained the key feature of all Drug Policies of India, since their inception in early 70’s. Most of these policies continued to remain behind their times consistently, without any exception. That said, the Drug Policy 1994 … Continue reading
Even in couple of decades back, ‘Vaccines Market’ in India did not use to be considered as a focus area by many pharmaceutical companies. Commoditization of this market with low profit margin and unpredictable interest of the government/the doctors towards … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
The global pharmaceutical industry is now navigating its way through very cautiously while negotiating an unprecedented ‘patent cliff’, simultaneously with gradually drying-up R&D pipelines. This unique situation has triggered off several global mega Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) not only involving … Continue reading
Medical Representatives (MR) form the bedrock of business success, especially for the pharmaceutical industry in India. The Job of MRs is tough and high voltage one, laced with moments of elation and sprinkles of frustration, while generating prescription demand for … Continue reading