July 11, 2013

A report in The Hindu today says that Stanford modellers have concluded that, “Combining strong tobacco control policies with drug interventions that provided access to aspirin and medication to control blood pressure and cholesterol could prevent a third of all predicted deaths from heart attack and stroke between 2013 and 2022.” It notes — as …

Tripling taxes on tobacco would save 3 million Indians over next 10 years Read More »

First the UK regulator warned about “rogue” Wockhardt co-codamol that contained too much codeine. Now the MHRA has banned imports to Europe from one of the company’s Indian sites and so has the (US) FDA. Wockhardt has transferred production from the troubled Maharahtra facility and continues to supply Europe from other plants in India and …

Quality crisis worsens for Indian generics Read More »

An excellent BBC radio documentary looks at India’s  Unique Identity Scheme, known as UID or Aadhaar. Listen now — you only have until the 16th of July to listen online. Millions are queuing up to enroll but there is little legislation to regulate such a massive data collection exercise. The world is watching India’s great experiment …

Aadhar: India’s national identity scheme may revolutionise health delivery Read More »

“The private sector has enormous untapped capacity to help solve health problems in poor countries through innovative technology platforms; efficient manufacturing processes; the ability to validate business models and the viability of commercial products; and access to capital resources such as equipment and manufacturing plants,” writes Trevor Mundel, President of the Global Health Division of the Gates Foundation, on …

Gates Foundation sets out private sector plans in health @gateshealth Read More »