Fatal resistance
The strong and mighty bacteria are all around us. They have hardened themselves to fight back the antibiotics administered to patients. This is …
Ethics before profits: What it will take to have global access to COVID-19 vaccine
Experts worry that any COVID-19 vaccine is likely to have a high price tag and, as a result, be unequally distributed
Cancer drug touted as fertility pill
Cancer drug letrozole is at the centre of a controversy over its being promoted as a fertility enhancer. The Union government has issued notices …
Share-ware
A usual story: a transnational company develops a profitable product based on the resources and knoledge preserved by an indigenous community …
A healthy turn
Ubiquitous web crawler Google will no longer flash ads of unlicensed pharmacies, which have used the Internet to sell millions of doses of …
Dhaka to give drug policy a free-market dose
Under pressure from transnationals, the Bangladesh government is likely to ease restrictions on producing and importing medicines.
GATTing drugs, not getting them
The latest durg price control order will boost the MNCs and deprive the common consumer by damaging the small scale sector
Success is a mindgame
A memory drug developed by Indian scientists could hold the key to a ultimillion dollar global market
What a mess
Should the people of South Africa be denied medicines because they are too poor to pay for them?
MNCs allergic to Third World ills
THE WORLD'S PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES: AN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON INNOVATION, COMPETITION AND POLICY Robert …
Fighting to break free
THE POLITICS OF ESSENTIAL DRUGS·Zaffrulla Chowdhury· Vistaar Publications, New Delhi · Price Rs 195
Taking a short cut
A new method of drug development which expedites the lengthy process of scanning thousands of possible combinations, could lower drug prices …
Tropical pill
Medicines are for the rich, not for fighting tropical diseases afflicting millions in developing nations. Pharmaceutical companies seem to have …
For children's sake
Public pressure forces US agency to reconsider proposed move to suspend paediatric drug testing rule
Price of patents
Experts believe that the Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999, which was passed recently by the Indian Parliament may give rise to an escalation of …
Self medication - buyers beware
Australian doctors have warned Internet users against buying drugs online. They caution that many "health" websites do not provide adequate …
Cry the beloved country
The fight against AIDS in Africa hinges largely on drugs becoming more affordable in poor nations
Profit at any cost
The US drug companies want to maintain its monopoly over drug pricing -- a move that will delay the production of cheaper drugs
Order without science
On June 28, 1993, the Supreme Court of the us passed a verdict that tilted the scales of justice in favour of polluters by undermining the role …
When supervisors cheat
Book>> Experiment eleven, dark secrets behind the discovery of a wonder drug • by Peter Pringle • Bloomsbury • Rs 1,700
Higher royalty payments offered as bait to MNCs
In an effort to improve the quality of technology coming into the country, the Indian government has decided to remove the low ceiling on royalty …
Virtual reality
A new computing laboratory can project larger than real life images of human body's smallest part
Drug companies are buying doctors – for as little as a $16 meal
An important new study in the United States has found doctors who receive just one cheap meal from a drug company tend to prescribe a lot more of …
That which is injurious to health
Book>> Bad Pharma • by Ben Goldacre • Fourth Estate • £13
Life industry goldrush
Trade in bio-industrial products is on in full swing, conjuring up visions of El dorado. But whether the Indian industry can embark on this …
