Re: [silk] [CCM-L] Shortage of medicines and control of regulatory?authorities.

2012-08-08 Thread Eugen Leitl
- Forwarded message from Dr. Naghman Bashir nagh...@gmail.com - From: Dr. Naghman Bashir nagh...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 22:09:42 +0500 To: International Critical Care Medicine Group cc...@list.pitt.edu Subject: Re: [CCM-L] [silk] Shortage of medicines and control of

Re: [silk] [CCM-L] Shortage of medicines and control of regulatory?authorities.

2012-08-08 Thread ss
On Thursday 09 Aug 2012 12:58:19 am Eugen Leitl wrote: My question was: are there any regularly bodies which would enforce production of medicines whihc are in short supply mostly because of monopoly of brand leaders? ministry of health or any other controlling authority? This is a self

Re: [silk] [CCM-L] Shortage of medicines and control of regulatory?authorities.

2012-08-08 Thread Deepak Shenoy
This is a self created problem. The short supply is local to Pakistan. There is no short supply or brand monopoly for a distance of 2000 km, starting 100 km east of Islamabad. If those local controlling bodies do not exist in Pakistan, they must be set up in Pakistan to break monopolies and

Re: [silk] [CCM-L] Shortage of medicines and control of regulatory?authorities.

2012-08-08 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Deepak Shenoy deepakshe...@gmail.com wrote: If the medicines are so much in demand and so ridiculously cheap in India, isn't there already a flourishing black market in Pakistan for them? Your favorite gods of the market are to blame here too, you know. If one

Re: [silk] [CCM-L] Shortage of medicines and control of regulatory?authorities.

2012-08-08 Thread ss
On Thursday 09 Aug 2012 8:58:18 am Deepak Shenoy wrote: If the medicines are so much in demand and so ridiculously cheap in India, isn't there already a flourishing black market in Pakistan for them? The smuggling of drugs and automobile tyres from India to Pakistan occurs via Dubai. The

Re: [silk] [CCM-L] Shortage of medicines and control of regulatory?authorities.

2012-08-08 Thread Deepak Shenoy
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 9:40 AM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday 09 Aug 2012 8:58:18 am Deepak Shenoy wrote: If the medicines are so much in demand and so ridiculously cheap in India, isn't there already a flourishing black market in Pakistan for them? The smuggling of drugs and

[silk] [CCM-L] Shortage of medicines and control of regulatory authorities.

2012-08-07 Thread Eugen Leitl
- Forwarded message from Dr. Naghman Bashir nagh...@gmail.com - From: Dr. Naghman Bashir nagh...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:42:12 +0500 To: CCM-L cc...@list.pitt.edu Subject: [CCM-L] Shortage of medicines and control of regulatory authorities. Reply-To: International Critical

Re: [silk] [CCM-L] Shortage of medicines and control of regulatory authorities.

2012-08-07 Thread ss
On Wednesday 08 Aug 2012 1:12:33 am Eugen Leitl wrote: Currently we face severe shortage of thyroxine, neomercazole, procarbizole, digoxin, alprazolam, sleep inducers, and injectable beta blockers to name a few. These are manufactured and available in India in huge amounts and at lower prices

Re: [silk] [CCM-L] Shortage of medicines and control of regulatory authorities.

2012-08-07 Thread John Sundman
Well, as my Irish grandmother from County Roscomon use to say. There now. I suppose we now know how you feel about that. jrs P.S. Not that I disagree, I guiltily confess, very much with the substance of your post. I do think your brush is pretty wide, as some of us Americans say. But you

Re: [silk] [CCM-L] Shortage of medicines and control of regulatory authorities.

2012-08-07 Thread ss
On Wednesday 08 Aug 2012 8:35:40 am John Sundman wrote: I do think your brush is pretty wide, Actually, Eugen's email from that Pakistani doctor evoked mixed emotions in me. One part of me says There. As you sow, so you shall reap. All suffering in Pakistan makes me happy But a more serious