Optometry
Introduction Optometry is a primary healthcare profession regulated under the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare professionals ACT 2021. The act defines an Optometrist as a “Professional who studies eye, related ailments and specializes in the management of disorders of eye and visual system, limited in scope and complexity as performed by a medical doctor […]
Director of Inspection, Enforcement & Standards Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Excerpts from exclusive interview with Gerald Heddlell, Director, Inspection Enforcement & Standards Division, MHRA LSW: Your views on the outcome of the meeting held in February 2016 between the Indian pharma companies and the Regulators Gerald Heddell: The meeting provided a platform for regulators and industry to openly and frankly discuss areas concerning Indian and global […]
Indian companies are generally doing a good job
Excerpts from exclusive interview with Russell Wesdyk, Acting Director for OPQ's Office for Surveillance, USFDA Q. Your views on the outcome of the meeting held in February 2016 between the Indian pharma companies and the Regulators I think this was a useful forum where various regulators from US, Europe and India could share thoughts with […]
BCPL will be Rs 300 Cr. company in the net five years
LSW LifeScienceWorld in an exclusive interview with P M Chandraiah, finds out in detail the efforts he put in and his achievements. LSW : Being India’s first pharmaceutical company, it lost its glory almost six decades back. You have created history with your leadership skill of reviving it by generating profit in this FY 2016-17. How […]
Symptoms based treatment to Diagnostic based treatment
LSW : POC Medical System’s new innovative technology ‘ MammoAlert™-Pandora CDx’, simplifies the process of screening breast cancer to a larger extent compared to the existing mammography test. Can you highlight the features? Sanjeev: The Pandora CDx developed by POC Medical Systems is a microfluidic platform for rapid, point-of-care serum screening. It is based on […]
On Current Rthics and Norms of Medical Practising
Padma Shri Professor (Dr) Ranjit Roy Chaudhury is a leading clinical pharmacologist, medical educationist and a researcher of repute in India. He graduated from the Prince of Wales Medical College, Patna in 1954 and proceeded to Oxford to be awarded the D. Phil degree In 1958. He was the first Indian doctor to be awarded […]
Medical Writing - A career opportunity for many people today
Though Medical Writing is fast developing primarily in the pharmaceutical area and the CROs now, this is a subject that is hardly known except confined to the industry circle. Even among the industry this does not seem to be of that important a function or job to be talked about or discussed. It is something […]
Quickfire challenge from J & J’s spokesperson
LSW: When was the Quickfire Challenge initiated and what was its purpose? Dr. Vandita Gupta: In 2019, TB was the world’s deadliest infectious disease, claiming 1.4 million lives – over 4,000 people a day. Growing resistance to the most powerful TB medicines was compounding this challenge, with approximately half a million people developing drug-resistant TB […]
The concept of Integrated Personalized Diabetes Management for the relief of diabetes people in India
Roche Diabetes Care, from the house of Swiss major biotech company Roche, which specialises in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics is a pioneer in diabetes management. A global leader in Integrated Personalised Diabetes Management, Roche has been pioneering innovative programs for more than four decades. This concept is introduced in India last year during the pandemic by […]
Role of Optometry – A global perspective
LSW got the privilege of working out an exclusive interview with Prof Peter Hendicott, President, World Optometry Council. LSW: Compared to Ophthalmology and Ophthalmologists, Optometry does not have the recognition as a study and profession in many countries. Your comments Prof Peter: There are multiple factors at play in this situation. A major issue is […]
