One step forward, another back The latest milestone in the evolution of India’s nascent patent regime seems to suggest that the Indian judiciary values patient rights over the rights of […]

Need for co-ordination between colourant and pharma industry Sachin Jagdale – Mumbai Colours are required by almost every type of industry and the pharma industry is no different. Food and […]

OPPI launches ethics code Sushmi Dey – New Delhi In an attempt to promote drugs in an ethical manner, Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) launched its revised code […]

No more perks Doctors are definitely not celebrating. And so are certain pharma companies. But rest of them (including me) are all game for the new code of conduct for […]

Designing a foolproof trial In contrast to the ingeneous aspects of discovery, clinical trials approach science by validating the promise of a cure. Since it has to answer logical questions, […]

STOP! Before it GATS too Late GATS will definitely enhance the quality of healthcare services in corporate India. However, there are certain risks involved. Dr Sanjiv Malik assesses the impact […]

Value Added At the helm of sunrise The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, estimates that the Indian biotechnology sector will achieve $5 billion in revenues by 2010 (CAGR […]

How Wipro’s values came to be In the mid-1970s, Premji decided to formalise the company’s belief system. Wipro was still a tiny company, with 450 laborers and 75 white-collar staff […]

Desperately Seeking Timely Care Emergency Medical Service (EMS) facilities in India are almost non-existent. Nayantara Som and Sushmi Dey express concern over the healthcare system’s failure to sustain EMS and […]

‘There will be only one AIIMS— others will be AIIMS-like’ From the first successful heart transplant in India on August 3, 1994 to the current position of the Director of […]