Sometime back, when I was a trainee, we used to get patients at the end of their life. They would come to us tired and dejected (and angry) after treatment from premier hospitals all over the country; having tried various form of alternative therapies and charlatans. And we would evaluate them and send them back […]
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Drug marketing and dichotomy
When I began my practice following residency I became aware of the cesspool that medical and associated profession have become. Each day was (is) a learning experience. Not that one is completely unaware of the ground realities- but first hand experience is humbling. I was reading a blog post by Jim Sabin wherein he comments […]
I was reading
I just finished Grisham’s latest novel The Appeal. His latest book is much better than his last few offerings which I found a bit dull. The story reolves around desperate measures to influence the legal procedure, tort reforms and a mega corp willing to bend any rule for profit. Set in the state of Mississippi,U.S. […]
On Generics and Drug affordibility in India.
I had previously written about compulsory licensing of expensive anti cancer drugs in India and the expected benefits to the patients. Just after this news came out, there was reaction from the Govt. sources stating that no they had no plans for such measures as cancer was not an “epidemic or national emergency”. There is an […]