-The Hindu Kochi: An artificial scarcity of drugs looms large with the new drug pricing regime, slashing prices for 348 essential drugs, set to prevail from July 29. Many retailers who stock medicines for a week are not picking up medicines and are keeping a minimum inventory. Some retailers said distributors were not making medicines available. It has sent medical retail stores into a tizzy about the fate of already available stocks. J.S....
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USFDA scrutiny: Will pharma majors like Ranbaxy, Wockhardt be affected in long-term? -G Seetharaman
-The Economic Times Japanese companies do not mind erring on the side of caution. They are known to think longer and harder than their counterparts in other countries about big decisions, especially when it comes to entering a new market or acquiring a foreign company. But Japan's third biggest drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo would now wish it had spent more time doing due diligence on Ranbaxy Labs, in which it bought a...
More »Superior packaging can’t be used to raise prices: High Court to Sanofi SA -Maulik Vyas
-The Economic Times MUMBAI: In a setback to Sanofi SA, the Bombay High Court has dismissed the plea filed by the French pharmaceutical major saying 'superior' packaging cannot be the argument for higher pricing of drugs. The court order also clarified that fixing the prices of drugs in the country will remain in the domain of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority. In its argument, the pharmaceutical company had said it had relied...
More »Early insulin intake may prevent diabetes, but not heart disorders: Study by Pushpa Narayan
Does long-term intake of a special form of insulin prevent diabetes and heart problems, but cause cancer? The debate has been raging in medical circles for long. Now, an international study involving 12,000 pre-diabetics settles two parts of it, but leaves the other open for further research. Results of ORIGIN (Outcome Reduction with Initial Glargine Intervention) study presented in the wee hours of Tuesday at the annual meeting of the American...
More »What hit this land of plenty?-Sai Manish
75% of the youth. Every third student. 65% of all families in Punjab are in the throes of a sweeping drug addiction. With little or no hope in sight. THE RAILWAY barrier in Angarh, a locality in the border city of Amritsar in Punjab signals the end of too many things. The rule of law. The reign of sense. The fear of crime. The signs of normality. Even the divisions of...
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