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April 01, 2010
The Delhi High Court has rejected the petition filed by Bayer Corporation seeking to stop the Drugs Controller of India (DCGI) from registering a generic version of a patented cancer drug. The case was filed in 2008 by Bayer to try and introduce "patent linkage", which involves linking the regist...
April 01, 2010
In their paper , Kotrashetti and colleagues present the results of a survey pertaining to the knowledge and practice of informed consent (IC) by dental practitioners in an Indian city. This is an important topic because although IC is considered to be an essential component of ethical healthcare ...
April 01, 2010
Since the enactment of the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994, the brain dead person remains the primary source of organs legally obtained for transplantation purposes in India. With the increasing demand of organs for transplantation purposes, non-heart-beating donors can help meet this n...
January 01, 2010
The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee's approval of Bt brinjal, the first genetically modified crop for human consumption in India, has sparked off protests across the country. This article questions the so-called benefits of GM crops and highlights some major concerns. These include: inadeq...
January 01, 2010
In 2007, Oxford University Press published a book titled Ethical issues in international biomedical research: a casebook edited by James Lavery and others. One of the case studies presented by the editors and discussed by two discussants, Zulfiqar Bhutta and Marcia Angell, is titled 'Eva...
January 01, 2010
This paper examines the impact of bioethics on patent claims. The increase in research activities involving human biological materials, and the rush to commercialise inventions derived from such biological materials, can at times result in unethical conduct of research. Questions arise as to whet...
January 01, 2010
This essay documents the state of the medical profession which was once a respected line of work but today is corrupted at every level, from medical education to medical practice, and in both the private and government sectors. It calls for doctors, the government and the public to act against di...
January 01, 2010
The National Board of Examinations is a body formed to enhance the standards of post graduate examinations in modern medicine in India. Unfortunately, the outdated mode of examinations and the arbitrarily set high cut-off marks for passing the examinations defeat the very purpose of its formation...
January 01, 2010
The National Board of Examinations conducts the Diplomate of the National Board in broad specialities as well as in core super specialities. The programme was meant to provide a common standard and a mechanism of evaluation the These programmes, as per the prospectus of the DNB course are meant t...
January 01, 2010
Private medical colleges in India are under the scanner. There is a longstanding debate about the selection methodology that should be followed for admissions in medical colleges. A significant proportion of aspirants are able to afford medical education in private colleges despite not clearing e...