Pharmaceutical Industry and Public Policy in Post-reform India

Reji K. Joseph is Associate Professor at the Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID), New Delhi, India.

• 1. Introduction 2. An Overview of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry and Health 3. Patterns of Trade in the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry 4. Pharmaceutical R&D in India 5. IPRs and Access to Medicines 6. The Drug Price Control System in India and Access to Medicines 7. Summary and Conclusion

A timely well-researched contribution on the Indian pharmaceutical industry. Policymakers should take note of the concerns raised in respect of the impact of reforms on industrial development, innovation and access to medicines. — Dinesh Abrol, Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi. India's pharmaceutical industry is widely acknowledged as a success story but a major weakness is the import dependence on one country, China. Attracting our attention to this aspect which has important policy implications is one of the important merits of the book. — Sudip Chaudhuri, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.