Drug Industry

War over alliance

Multinational pharmaceutical companies Hoechst and Gist Brocades (GB) have locked horns, through their Indian representatives Ranbaxy and Max India, over a proposed joint venture with the public

Publication Date:

29/11/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Drugs, Drug Industry, Public Sector

India

MNCs allergic to Third World ills

THIS UNIDO study is an useful data source on the world's pharmaceutical industry and has been used in the World Development Report, 1993. The UNIDO data files on this often secretive industry are

Publication Date:

14/09/1993

Author(s): Kamal Mitra Chinoy

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

2

Issue:

19930915

pp:

0

Tags:

Drug Industry, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), UNIDO

India

Dhaka to give drug policy a free market dose

Under pressure from transnationals, the Bangladesh government is likely to ease restrictions on producing and importing medicines.

Publication Date:

14/06/1993

Author(s): Andrew Chetley

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

2

Issue:

19930615

pp:

0

Tags:

Health Care, Drugs, Drug Industry, Imports, WHO, Bangladesh

India

The state of Bangladesh's health care

A visit to a Dhaka clinic provides a good idea of the extent to which drugs can help.

Publication Date:

14/06/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

2

Issue:

19930615

pp:

0

Tags:

Health Care, Drugs, Drug Industry, Imports, WHO, Bangladesh

India

Some drugs are more essential than others

If pharmaceutical companies concentrate on manufacturing and selling essential drugs, business needs and health requirements can be met.

Publication Date:

14/06/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

2

Issue:

19930615

pp:

0

Tags:

Health Care, Drugs, Drug Industry, Imports, WHO, Bangladesh

Environment

Marketing abortion pills

THE ABORTION pill RU486 developed by French drug company Roussel-Uclaf may be available soon in the US market, following meetings between Rous-sel-Uclaf president Edouard Sakiz and US food

Publication Date:

14/04/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Drug Industry, Contraception, France, United States Of America (US)

India

Targeting the Third World's-Yulnerability

THE DUNKEL draft on the renegotiated GATT is finally becoming a public concern in India and farmers are taking the issue to the streets. Several industrial sectors, too, have expressed concern

Publication Date:

14/04/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19930415

pp:

0

Tags:

Ecology, Economy, Drugs, Drug Industry, GATT, India, Developing Countries, Patents

Health

Row over rifampicin

THE STAKES are high in the rifampicin (a new anti-TB drug) sweepstakes. Lupin Laboratories presently dominates the market, which, according to the ministry of chemicals, did a business of Rs 236

Publication Date:

14/09/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Trade, Drugs, Drug Industry, Tuberculosis, Imports, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Health

Victims of vaccination

Vaccine trials in a Madhya Pradesh government hospital are making children sick. Down To Earth finds out that harmful chemicals in high amounts is the culprit.

Publication Date:

28/02/2011

Author(s): Ankur Paliwal

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

19

Issue:

19

pp:

22

Tags:

Health, Vaccination, Child Health, Madhya Pradesh, Right To Information (RTI), Toxins, Health Effects, Drug Industry

Health

Toxic Paracetamol kills children

A section of pharmaceutical companies have been using toxic industrial chemicals in medicines, especially in Paracetamol syrup, causing deaths to a number of children and putting life of many others at risk, according to physicians and experts.

Publication Date:

21/07/2009

Source: New Age (Bangladesh)

Tags:

Health, Children, Preventive Medicine, Drug Industry, Hazardous Products, Bangladesh, Toxins