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		<title>Pharma: ‘Digitalization’ Not A Panacea – A Basic Step For Giant Leaps</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2019 00:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The hype of ‘Digitalization’ in the pharma industry, virtually as a panacea, is palpable all around. It gives many a feel, directly or indirectly, that this one-time, resource-intensive, disruptive transformation would reap a rich harvest for a long time. In &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/pharma-digitalization-not-a-panacea-a-basic-step-for-giant-leaps/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Against Pharma Marketing Malpractices: A Gutsy Step</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2016 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 7, 2016 edition of ‘The Financial Times (FT)’ reported that responding to escalating pressure on the drug industry, related to its ‘Conflict of Interest’ with the doctors and other related professionals, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has decided taking a very unorthodox &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/against-pharma-marketing-malpractices-a-gutsy-step/">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>R&amp;D: Is Indian Pharma Moving Up the Value Chain?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2013 00:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It almost went unnoticed by many, when in the post product patent regime, Ranbaxy launched its first homegrown ‘New Drug’ of India, Synriam, on April 25, 2012, coinciding with the ‘World Malaria Day’. The drug is used in the treatment &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/rd-is-indian-pharma-moving-up-the-value-chain/">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>Balancing IPR with Public Health Interest: Brickbats, Power Play and Bouquets</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is now a widely accepted dictum that Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), especially pharma patents, help fostering innovation and is critical in meeting unmet needs of the patients. However, the moot question still remains, what type pharmaceutical invention, should deserve &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/balancing-ipr-with-public-health-interest-brickbats-power-play-and-bouquets/">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>A Ten Step Strategy Prescribed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In India, there are various hurdles to address the healthcare issues in a comprehensive way. Though, these do not seem to be insurmountable, the country needs a clear time-bound grand strategy to squarely address this vexing concern, which also has its &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/a-ten-step-strategy-prescribed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare Tourism: India needs to step on the gas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Healthcare Tourism or Medical Tourism are the terminologies initially coined by the travel agents and the media when patients travel outside their national boundaries to seek either more specialized and/or cheaper but high quality healthcare available in other countries. World &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/healthcare-tourism-india-needs-to-step-on-the-gas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;India Taskforce&#8217; takes the first step in an arduous task to bridge the trust deficit.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tapan Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To prepare a comprehensive long term strategy to unleash the growth potential of the Pharmaceutical Industry of India considering all its current issues, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced constitution of a taskforce on March 15, 2011 involving &#8230; <a href="http://www.tapanray.in/india-taskforce-takes-the-first-step-in-an-arduous-task-to-bridge-the-trust-deficit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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