More than a million people die of Malaria every year, many of them children in Africa. In this context, the results of a Phase III malaria vaccine trial, which was testing the efficacy of the vaccine in preventing clinical and severe malaria in infants aged 6-12 weeks, are highly disappointing. While vector control and sanitation …
An interesting but worrying report from the BBC on drug trials on marginalised populations in the country. Particularly terrifying hear about sufferers of the Bhopal gas tragedy becoming victims yet again. More here.
To add to the growing fears of the possibility of a global pandemic after bird flu and mad cow disease scares in China and Britain, Kerala now joins the list having issued a bird flu alert recently following the outbreak of avian influenza in one of the government farms. A complete ban has been announced …
Published by the Indian express, the article states that Pakistan is set to introduce the pneumococcal vaccine in its national immunisation programme, where as in India there is still a debate on the efficacy of the vaccine.India has recorded half of the world’s childhood death due to this disease. To read more please click here.
According to today’s Fierce Pharma, Indonesia is the third middle-income country to take steps to seize the patents of international pharma companies through compulsory licensing. The presidential decree applies initially only to HIV drugs but commentators see this as a toe in the water.
Health Issues India has written about the issue of access to medication before and just last week wrote about the Supreme Court giving the government a two week deadline to finalise policy to bring 348 “essential” drugs under the government’s price control. Another issue that has been in the news recently is generic medicine and …
After years of debate, the Supreme Court forced government to act by giving a two week deadline before the Court considered imposing rules. The Hindu reports on the rules that will impose weighted average prices on 348 medicines. More important may be the tone of the recent court judgements which appear to be creating some …
An issue we have covered before in Health Issues India is the seeming unwillingness of Indian doctors to serve in rural areas. This might seem counter-intuitive as about 72% of the Indian population still lives in rural areas. Still, only 26% of doctors in India reside in rural areas. This anomaly leads to situations where people …
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With the finalisation of 12th Plan outlay, the Health Ministry is aiming to roll out its ambitious project for provision of free medicines to all at public health facilities across the country. Despite a scaled-down outlay of 1.95 per cent of GDP during the 12th Plan, Health Ministry officials say none of its planned schemes will …
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The Hindu reports that India’s Intellectual Property Appellate Board has upheld the decision of the Controller of Patents to issue a compulsory licence for Bayer’s Nexavar. The most interesting part of the proceeding might be Bayer’s contention that Natco (the generic producer) is selling its version in China and Pakistan (the Appellate Board refused to consider …
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