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Is India capable of ensuring equitable access to biopharmaceuticals?

Express Pharma

To help financially weak citizens gain access to affordable healthcare, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) was launched in 2018, providing about 500 million Indians with a ₹5 lakh family health insurance cover that include coverage for 1,400 medical procedures as well as critical diseases like prostate cancer.

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External control arms and debunking real-world data myths

pharmaphorum

However, like many other emerging healthcare technologies, they have been slow to gain traction and there is still confusion and scepticism around ECAs, stemming from a lack of precedence, step-by-step guidance and data to quantify their impact on drug development costs and clinical outcomes.

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The “Medical Bypass”: new drugs to strike obesity

Pharmaceutical Technology

A 2017–2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), showed that 30.7% Over the past few years, there has been a boom in anti-obesity drug development, with major companies achieving substantial sales in the field. In addition to these issues, further barriers to drug access remain in the UK and US.

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The “Medical Bypass”: new drugs to strike obesity

Pharmaceutical Technology

A 2017–2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), showed that 30.7% Over the past few years, there has been a boom in anti-obesity drug development, with major companies achieving substantial sales in the field. In addition to these issues, further barriers to drug access remain in the UK and US.