Murali Neelakantan
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Is The Thrill Gone? MNC Pharma's Future In India
Several pharma MNCs are selling their brands to Indian companies, and downsizing their sales and marketing teams. Here's why.
- Thursday February 22, 2024
- Author: Murali Neelakantan
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Is The Thrill Gone? MNC Pharma's Future In India
Several pharma MNCs are selling their brands to Indian companies, and downsizing their sales and marketing teams. Here's why.
- Thursday February 22, 2024
- Author: Murali Neelakantan
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Independent Directors Databank – Employment Exchange For Clerks
Are we expecting a Nobel Laureate or a management guru to take this examination before being deemed ‘qualified’ to join a board?
- Saturday October 17, 2020
- Author: Murali Neelakantan
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National Digital Health Management = Health Data Nationalisation
When one had digested the policy, one is likely to discover that one has had too much sugar and transfat for one’s own good.
- Friday September 25, 2020
- Author: Murali Neelakantan
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NITI Aayog’s National Health Stack: Who Benefits From It
The National Health Stack is just another gold rush and if the patients aren’t the winners, we must ask – who benefits?
- Sunday August 16, 2020
- Author: Murali Neelakantan
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Shamnad Basheer, My Friend – An Enigma, A Troubled Soul
Shamnad’s big idea was that diversity was not charity by the rich, but that the privileged were benefiting – a radical thought.
- Saturday August 10, 2019
- Author: Murali Neelakantan
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Shamnad Basheer, My Friend – An Enigma, A Troubled Soul
Shamnad’s big idea was that diversity was not charity by the rich, but that the privileged were benefiting – a radical thought.
- Saturday August 10, 2019
- Author: Murali Neelakantan
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Bottle Of Lies: A Look At Generic Pharma’s Dark Underbelly
The Ranbaxy story is like a Hindi movie in reverse – beginning with a glorious rise and ending with its owners in deep trouble.
- Thursday June 13, 2019
- Author: Murali Neelakantan
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Lays – Potatoes, PepsiCo, IPR And Farmers’ Rights
It is hard to believe that a multinational like PepsiCo would sue a few small farmers on a very weak charge of selling its seeds.
- Saturday May 18, 2019
- Author: Murali Neelakantan
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‘Clean Chit’ By Expert Committee On J&J Hip Implants – More Questions Than Answers?
The expert committee’s report on the J&J hip implant fiasco raises more questions than it answers.
- Saturday October 13, 2018
- Author: Murali Neelakantan
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FDC Drug Ban: When Will The Indian Drug Regulator Start...Well, Regulating?
Regulations haven’t kept pace with the developments in the healthcare sector and the regulator has been lax in doing its duty.
- Sunday September 23, 2018
- Author: Murali Neelakantan
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What The J&J Faulty Hip Implant Saga Tells Us
This is one case which could trigger a new regulatory and legal environment for patients in India.
- Thursday August 30, 2018
- Author: Murali Neelakantan
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DNA ‘Evidence’: Only Opinion, Not Science, And Definitely Not Proof Of Crime!
The question is not only how many criminals can be convicted but also how many innocents could be convicted.
- Wednesday August 22, 2018
- Author: Elonnai Hickok, Murali Neelakantan
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National Health Stack: Data For Data’s Sake, A Manmade Health Hazard
Linking something as crucial and basic as healthcare data with a database like Aadhaar is a potential disaster.
- Tuesday August 14, 2018
- Author: Murali Neelakantan, Swaraj Barooah, Swagam Dasgupta, Torsha Sarkar
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The National Health Stack: An Expensive, Temporary Placebo
If there is no established and well-functioning healthcare delivery system to support, what will the National Health Stack help?
- Monday August 6, 2018
- Author: Murali Neelakantan, Swaraj Barooah, Swagam Dasgupta, Torsha Sarkar