People's Health : Defining Industry Responsibility

The making of a drug policy in India has been a long and tedious odyssey through a tangled mass of opposing interests, dichotomous responsibilities, welfarist commitments and protectionist inclinations. Policy-making has been prompted nevertheless by certain notions of the role of pharmaceuticals in maintaining and enhancing the health status of people. Over the decades there has been an erosion of this focus because of intervening and often conflicting claims from industry. Periodically, committees and conventions have attempted to recover the focus.