Last June, I wrote about the burgeoning online pharmacy business on this blog. Taking off on a column that I had authored for the Indian Express, I pointed out that while India's regulation of brick-and-mortar pharmacies (or chemist shops) has been slack, online pharmacies would be held to higher standards. That in the absence of … Continue reading Why do chemists hate e-pharmacies so much?
Month: June 2016
Guest column : What’s up with Practo?
As a doctor , I was very hopeful when digital health start-ups entered India a few years ago. I am a big believer in Information Therapy, and I felt that these start-ups would use technology to help connect patients directly with doctors. They would remove the middleman and reduce information asymmetry, thus making it easier … Continue reading Guest column : What’s up with Practo?
#Clinicaltrials : Are India’s Ethics Committees weak links in the chain?
Clinical trials, that hot-button subject hogging headlines up until a year ago, appears to have quietly slipped into the realm of business-as-usual. However, there are still some knotty issues to be resolved. Chief among them is the oversight of Ethics Committees (ECs) as was evident at a recent event I attended. ECs - which are … Continue reading #Clinicaltrials : Are India’s Ethics Committees weak links in the chain?
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