Hindustan Times
There is a minor ripple of concern following the announcement that US-based Abbott Pharmaceuticals would be buying the healthcare division of Piramal Laboratories. With this, and along with Ranbaxy’s being bought by Daiichi Sankyo, observers have noted, India’s pharma sector is now roughly half owned by foreign multinationals – a situation the country hasn’t seen since the 1970s. Read more
(8 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, May 28, 2010 at 12:15 am
Filed under World · Tagged Abbott Pharmaceuticals, Daiichi Sankyo, engineering drugs, generics, global markets, India pharma sector, intellectual property rights, medical piracy, multinationals, Patents, Pharmaceuticals, Piramal Laboratories, Ranbaxy, US Federal Drug Administration, World Trade Organisation
Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany, has called on the other G-20 countries to support a financial transaction tax to be imposed. This, she says, will help bring stability to the world’s financial volatility. Read more
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, May 21, 2010 at 12:51 am
Filed under World · Tagged Angela Merkel, berlin, canada, chancellor of Germany, economic crisis, finance, financial crisis, G-20 nations, global divide, Greece, inflation, tax, transaction tax
Not much fun being a European head of government right now. Most leaders are making apocalyptic speeches, saying, “Friends, Europeans and countrymen, give me your money.” And that’s pretty much what is happening. Read more
(2 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 12:23 am
Filed under World · Tagged apocalyptic speeches, bailou, dollar, European, head of government, humungous bill, PIIG economies, Portugal, Spain, trillion
Flitting in and out of the recent Advance Australia meeting in New Delhi, I was asked to speak about global citizenship. The audience, mostly Australian diaspora living in India, were interested in down-to-things like India’s impossible visa system for foreign residents and the like. Read more
(3 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 9:07 pm
Filed under World · Tagged Advance Australia, Aristotle, Australia, English Premier Football League, India, New Delhi, United Nations
