Narendra Modi talks of mandating generic prescriptions
Sneha Gilada The pharma bigwigs, after the government recently imposed a cap on stent prices, are in for another rough ride as PM Modi seeks to make prescription of cheap generic drugs binding on doctors. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of a charitable hospital in Surat on April 17, Narendra Modi vowed to take on the mantle of making healthcare affordable to the Indian middle class and poor. In his speech, he averred that the health policy was being revamped after a gap of 15 years. The last time it was updated was back in 2002. The new health policy lays special emphasis on the pricing of drugs included in the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM), along with the timely revision of the list. "Price control ...
Healing The World, in India
Championing special initiatives for over seven years, she had directed the company's – which her father started in 1983 – diversification into several new domains, all of which have been largely responsible for Apollo's emergence as one of Asia's leading integrated healthcare organisations. Ahmad Shariq Khan | March 2016 Issue | The Dollar Business Shobana Kamineni, Executive Vice-Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise “Every single day, he revitalises us towards our quest for a healthier India,” says Shobhana, for whom the hospital was the fruition of her father’s vision of bringing world-class healthcare to India, and his mission to ensure that Indians won’t be denied access to quality healthcare just because they could not afford to travel overseas. “The first Apollo Hospital in Chennai took a ...
