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India failing its women on health, as the gender gap widens

The gender gap is widening in India. It ranks 108 of 144 countries on the 2017 World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report – dropping 21 places from last year, which saw India ranked 87th. Failing to break the top 100 The WEF measures countries across four indicators: educational attainment, economic participation and opportunity, …

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Drug producers to be required to display manufacturing cost

In a move that is already causing distress amongst pharmaceutical companies, India’s Health Ministry is putting in motion requirements for all drugs to display the manufacturing costs on the label. This would bring not only the costs of manufacture, but the assumed profit margins of the medication into the public domain. The Central Drugs Standard …

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India to become the pharmacy of the Philippines?

President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte is keen to capitalise on India’s generic medicines industry. Biateral talks occurred last month between Duterte and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Philippine International Convention Centre in Pasay City. During the talks, Duterte noted the potential of India’s pharmaceutical industry to expand into the Philippines. The proposal came …

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Bharat Biotech’s typhoid vaccine hailed as success in Oxford study

Indian pharmaceutical Bharat Biotech’s typhoid vaccine, Typbar-TCV has been marked as a success by a study conducted in Oxford University. Foremost amongst the findings is that the Typbar-TCV vaccine is safe to use in children aged under two. This is of huge significance as current widely used vi-ps typhoid vaccine cannot be used in children …

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Is WaterAid’s report on India’s toilets incorrect?

WaterAid claims 732 million Indians lack access to toilets. The government, however, dismisses the findings as ‘factually incorrect.’ Is basic sanitation lacking in India? The State of the World’s Toilets Report, 2017 says India has the most people in the world without access to ‘at least basic sanitation.’ The reports claims that 40 percent of …

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US intervention in price capping

The US seems intent on stopping  the Modi administration extending price caps on medical device. The US has outright requested the Indian government to not extend the caps said a US trade official in discussions with Reuters. There has also been a request that, should companies based in the US no longer wish to provide …

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Jiyo Parsi: Regenerative or regressive?

Rollout of the Jiyo Parsi (Live Parsi) programme continues in India – and continues to attract controversy. The programme aims to revitalise the falling Parsi population in India. Parsis are a religious minority in India, descended from Zoroastrians who originally settled in India between the eighth and tenth centuries to escape persecution in their native …

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Abbott Healthcare to withdraw cardiac stents from India

The Indian government’s decision to cap the price mark ups imposed on cardiac stents was feared by some for its potential to cause foreign companies to simply stop marketing their stents in India. These fears appear to have come to fruition as Abbott Healthcare have recently sent requests to the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) …

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US India relationship has “never been stronger”

The relationship between India and the US has “never been stronger”, as both countries pledge to work together on health. A second India-US health dialogue in September concluded with a renewed bilateral commitment from both countries to collaborate against issues of mutual concern. “Working together, we can tackle problems relevant to both our nations, such …

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