The Difference Between a Biosimilar and a Generic — What Hospital Pharmacists Need to Know
In hospital pharmacy conversations across India, two words get used interchangeably more often than they should: generic and biosimilar. Both refer to non-originator versions of existing medicines. Both are generally less expensive than the originator product. And both require regulatory approval before they can be sold. But beyond those surface similarities, the two are fundamentally […]
Why Some Medicines Are Imported Instead of Manufactured in India
Walk into any oncology department at a major Indian hospital and you will find medicines from Germany, the United States, Switzerland, Japan, and the United Kingdom sitting alongside domestically manufactured generics. For most patients and their families, this raises a perfectly reasonable question: why is this medicine coming from abroad? Why isn’t it made here? […]
Named Patient Program vs Patient Assistance Program — What Indian Consumers Need to Know
Two programs. Two very different purposes. And yet, for patients and families navigating serious illness in India, the terms Named Patient Program and Patient Assistance Program come up in the same conversations, recommended by the same doctors, and processed through the same hospital pharmacy counters — which is exactly why so many people end up […]
