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Is India capable of ensuring equitable access to biopharmaceuticals?

Express Pharma

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), an estimated two billion people across the world do not have access to essential medicines for life threatening diseases like cancer, AIDS and even autoimmune diseases like Type 1 diabetes.

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The “Medical Bypass”: new drugs to strike obesity

Pharmaceutical Technology

In what’s being called a “medical bypass”, new anti-obesity drugs are almost matching efficacy rates in weight loss that have previously only been seen with weight loss surgeries. The drug was approved to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus in May. 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

In what’s being called a “medical bypass”, new anti-obesity drugs are almost matching efficacy rates in weight loss that have previously only been seen with weight loss surgeries. The drug was approved to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus in May. In addition to these issues, further barriers to drug access remain in the UK and US.