Currently, opioids form the mainstay of pain management, at least in cancer pain and in post-operative pain. True, opioids are safer than most other currently [...]
In a recent case, The Delhi High Court held that Indian pharmaceutical company Cipla has not infringed upon the patent right of Swiss drug company [...]
As the Ministries of Revenue and Health are gearing up for an amendment to the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Act of India to simplify it [...]
The Indian Supreme Court today warned the states that their Chief Secretaries would have to appear before it if they failed to comply with its [...]
The recent edition of India’s Economic Times had the front page news item captioned: “Cancer, HIV patients suffer as morphine supplies are hobbled by excessive [...]
The UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has, on 23 May 2012, published a new guideline, Opioids in palliative care (CG140), to help [...]
Here is an update on morphine sales from the Government Opium and Alkaloid Works, the only manufacturer of morphine powder in the country. All of [...]
The World Health Organization is evolving global strategy for control of non-communicable diseases. Several international organizations have been working together to include access to palliative care [...]
Scientific evidence can be misleading if it’s not put into the proper perspective. A recent classic example: The fear generated when some animal studies showed [...]
We were very pleased to hear last week from Meg O’Brien, Ph.D., director of the Global Access to Pain Relief Initiative (GAPRI) of its collaboration [...]
