nballa Posted July 6, 2012 Posted July 6, 2012 well they better start improving their health care. i foresee an obesity epidemic ravaging the country starting early next year.
Needforspeed Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 Priced at say 3 lakhs a month (original price)' date=' they are not gonna sell many in India anyways.[/quote'] You would be surprised. I know a family who sold of everything they had (land, property, gold etc) and borrowed from every possible avenues to try to save their 15 year old.(blood cancer). Unfortunately the kid died after one year of treatment.
Crookbond Posted July 13, 2012 Posted July 13, 2012 US pushing India to hike cancer drug price http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/us-pushing-india-to-hike-cancer-drug-price-377267.html Rea repeatedly castigated India’s government for approving the generic drug, calling the move an “egregious” violation of World Trade Organisation treaties, the Post said. India’s decision, Rea was quoted as saying, “dismayed and surprised” her, and she boasted about “personally” engaging “various agencies of the Indian government” in efforts to overturn it.
Crookbond Posted August 20, 2012 Posted August 20, 2012 Novartis vs India: the case that could change cheap medicine http://www.firstpost.com/business/novartis-vs-india-the-case-that-could-change-cheap-medicine-423228.html The Supreme Court hearing pits Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG against India’s patent office, which has refused to grant a patent on the company’s cancer drug Glivec on the grounds that it is not a new medicine but an amended version of a known compound. A patent would give Novartis exclusive marketing rights and stop cheaper versions being produced by India’s generic drugmakers, who supply medicine to the country’s 1.2 billion people and to poorer nations across the world.
superstar Posted August 20, 2012 Posted August 20, 2012 Stupid Obama. Hope SC makes the right decision.
DomainK Posted August 21, 2012 Author Posted August 21, 2012 I love the Indian government's attitude - **** copyright, I have got my poor people to take care of.
Crookbond Posted January 3, 2013 Posted January 3, 2013 Clinical trials of untested drugs is creating “havoc”: SC http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/clinical-trials-of-untested-drugs-is-creating-havoc-sc/article4268671.ece The Supreme Court on Thursday slammed the Centre for its failure to stop illegal clinical trials of untested drugs by multinational companies, saying the drug trials are creating “havoc” in the country and causing death of many citizens. The apex court said that the government has gone into “deep slumber” on the issue and has failed to put in place proper mechanisms to stop “rackets” of multinational companies, which are conducting illegal clinical trials. A bench of justices R.M. Lodha and A.R. Dave said in its interim order that all clinical trials will be done under the supervision of the Health Secretary at the Centre. “You have to protect health of citizens of the country. It is your obligation. Deaths must be arrested and illegal trials must be stayed,” the bench said, asking the government to handle the “menace” on an urgent basis. It pulled up the government after it was contended that various committees have been set up to look into the issue and that it will come back to the court after getting suggestions from them. “You can get back to the court but what about those people who are losing their lives in such clinical trials. People who lost their lives can’t get their lives back,” the bench observed. “It is very easy to form a committee or a commission. It is done just to divert people’s attention on the issue. It is the best way to divert attention on important issues,” the bench said. The court said that the government is “shying away” from responding to its queries while noting that the affidavit filed by the Centre was not in consonance with its earlier order. On October 8, last year, the apex court had sought the reply of the Centre and various state governments on the allegation that human beings were being used as guinea pigs for clinical trials by drug companies. It had directed the Union government to come out with details of the deaths, if any, and the side effects and compensation, if any, paid to the victims or their family members. The court’s direction came during the hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL), filed by NGO Swasthya Adhikar Manch, alleging large-scale clinical drug trials across the country by various pharmaceutical firms using Indian citizens as guinea pigs in those tests. The bench had, however, refrained from passing any blanket ban on the trials and, instead, sought a comprehensive reply from the Centre on various issues. The NGO had alleged that the clinical trials by several pharmaceutical companies were going on indiscriminately in various states. However, the Madhya Pradesh government had contended that the states cannot be faulted for the tests as the permissions for trials were granted by the Central government without consulting them. The argument, however, did not impress the bench which had pointed out that the said clinical trials were conducted in state governments’ hospitals whose employees and doctors were under the control of the respective state governments. It had then proceeded to issue notices to all the states, through their chief secretaries, for their responses and posted the matter for further hearing after eight weeks.
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