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India’s Biggest Drugmaker Plans to Start Developing Its Own Medicines Opens in a new window)
Sun Pharma looks beyond generics.
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India Slashes Cancer Prices Opens in a new window)
The retail prices of several anti-cancer drugs have been slashed by up to 87% by the drug price control authority.
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Heart-Drug Suppliers for Millions Faulted Over Data, Bugs, Dirt Opens in a new window)
A pair of drugmakers in India that the U.S. is counting on to produce generic blood-pressure pills after a far-reaching recall have been faulted by regulators for quality-control issues.
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Rush To Produce, Sell Vaccine Put Kids In Philippines At Risk Opens in a new window)
The vaccine, called Dengvaxia, is aimed at helping children in Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories where dengue is a problem.
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Cabinet Approves Drug Price Controls Opens in a new window)
Malaysia to use international-price-referencing to benchmark drug prices.
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Monstrous Rumors Stoke Hostility to Pakistan's Anti-Polio Drive Opens in a new window)
This dangerous hostility to immunization teams flared last week after religious hardliners in the city spread false rumors, raising a scare on social media that some children were being poisoned and dying from contaminated polio vaccines.
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Curbing the Catastrophic Costs of Cancer Treatment Opens in a new window)
According to the World Health Organization, the number of cancer cases in the Philippines in 2018 was at 141,021 with total deaths at 86, 337.
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Big Pharma War: India Slams U.S. for Crusading Against Cheap Generics Opens in a new window)
Washington’s push for intellectual property rights in the pharma industry is an attack on India’s generic drug trade, New Delhi says as a US government report accuses India of distributing counterfeit drugs worldwide.
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India Rejects US Report, Dubs it Attack on Low-Cost Generic Drugs
A U.S. report blames India as the chief source of counterfeit medicines to the world.
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Pakistan Orders Lowering of Prescription Drug Costs Opens in a new window)
Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the relevant authorities to bring down prices of drugs after consultation with all the stakeholders.
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What Can the U.S. Health System Learn From Singapore? Opens in a new window)
In Singapore, the government strictly regulates what technology is available in the country and where. It makes decisions as to what drugs and devices are covered in public facilities.@nytimes, @UpshotNYT, @aaronecarroll
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Drastic Cancer Drug Price Drop to Benefit Patients Opens in a new window)
The price of trastuzumab (Herceptin) has been reduced by 52% in Malaysia after the introduction of a local biosimilar.
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The Story Of Extortive Prices For Cancer Drugs And Whether The Government Has Done Enough Opens in a new window)
The Indian government recently capped trade margins of brands of 42 anti-cancer medicines.
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Malaysia Considers Drug Pricing Controls Opens in a new window)
Health Ministry hoping to impose medicine price controls this year.
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Malaysia Studying Ways to Lower Cancer Treatment Costs in Private Hospitals Opens in a new window)
This (study) is being done with the cooperation of the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs and other agencies to look at the prices and control of medicines in cancer treatment.
