Pharma companies influence policy, says former health secy
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare | December 23, 2016
Former union secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and founding member of Public Health Foundation of India, K Sujatha Rao has now turned author with soon-to-be launched Do We Care, on India’s healthcare system. In an interview with DNA, she talks on the abysmal spending on healthcare in India and how pharmaceutical companies influence policy decisions. Rao believes that even with the constraints, there is a lot bureaucrats can do to bring about change…