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Navigating the Complexities of Medical Device Pricing: Insights from Pavan Choudary

Navigating the Complexities of Medical Device Pricing: Insights from Pavan Choudary

In an exclusive interview with Arunima Rajan, Pavan Choudary, Chairman of the Medical Technology Association of India (MTaI), discusses the pricing framework for medical devices, shedding light on its critical aspects and implications for the industry. What are the key considerations or factors that the NPPA should take into account while developing the new pricing framework for medical devices?...

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Modi: The Much-Needed Antibiotic – Some Side Effects too

Modi: The Much-Needed Antibiotic – Some Side Effects too

Any account of how the Modi government has fared on this front should begin with what the BJP promised in the 2014 election manifesto and whether and to what extent has it been able to keep these promises. Staying within the area of my expertise, I will restrict my argument to the medical technology and hospital sector and assess the government’s performance on some of the most important indices....

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Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat: A mission without backing of law makes guinea pigs out of eager votaries

Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat: A mission without backing of law makes guinea pigs out of eager votaries

On Saturday, Ravinder, an e-rickshaw driver in Delhi, perhaps inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat initiative, objected to two young men urinating in the open. He requested that they use a public toilet. They responded by returning with a dozen others and bludgeoning him to death. It would be simplistic to attribute their rage to our society’s feudal instinct where offen...

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