Francois Baird, chairman and co-founder of Baird’s CMC, talks to Health Issues India editor Kerean Watts about how COVID-19 has impacted businesses. We discuss how the pandemic has changed our understanding of the workplace; how we consider healthy and safe working environments; and the lasting effects of the pandemic’s disruption to the global economy and […]
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A climate of pollution in Hyderabad: Pharma to blame?
Hyderabad’s pharma boom is having a devastating effect on the environment. Five major pharmaceutical companies have been charged with making water and the atmosphere toxic. The Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) warn that the state capital’s emerging pharmaceutical industry faces ‘stringent action’ because of pollution from pharma plants. This follows the death of 230,000 […]
How the University of California is fighting proxy patent battle for expensive cancer drug in India
The following is taken from an article originally published in The Wire. It has been reprinted here with permission from the author. The original can be accessed here. New Delhi: Xtandi is a life-prolonging cancer drug and sells at about Rs 2.7 lakh for a month’s course in India – that’s for four tablets daily. It […]
India’s Goods and Services Tax (GST): What does it mean for pharma?
India’s long-awaited and divisive Goods and Services Tax (GST) will soon take effect. What effect will it have on healthcare? The GST has effectively more than thirty years in the making. A large-scale stab at tax reform, it seeks to impose a levy on all goods and services across India at the national level. The […]
Healthcare goes domestic – but is it a home run for patients?
The home healthcare industry is on the rise in India – and it has the capital to prove it. But is it a safe bet for patients as well as investors? Increased interest from investors Home healthcare services are witnessing increased interest from investors, says The Hindu Business Line. It puts this down to “a […]
Is Trump a threat to Indian pharma?
The swearing in of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States on January 20, 2017 was an event few ever expected to happen. Now that the reality television star-turned-world leader has taken his seat in the Oval Office, what will his presidency mean for the rest of the world? It is difficult […]
Start-ups: the future of mental healthcare in India?
Digital technology start-ups have the potential to transform healthcare in India for the better. At least one entrepreneur, prompted by the suicide of her hostel mate, is trying to harness that energy to improve the country’s mental health. Several companies have already been successful in bringing so-called ‘digital health’ to the country, utilising features such […]