Corruption in Pharmaceuticals – International Perspective 4 – Blog Post #497 by Asrar Qureshi
Corruption in Pharmaceuticals – International Perspective 4 – Blog Post #497 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues! This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #497. Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Continued from Previous…… This series is based on a report compiled by Jilian Clare Cohen1, Monique Mrazek2, and Loraine Hawkins3 for World Bank. Corruption is spread easily across many areas if the regulatory systems are inefficient and/or incompetent. Pharmaceutical business is among the most regulated businesses and is therefore subject to the same phenomena. Not long ago, Pharma was rather loosely regulated. However, there have significant changes in the last three decades or so. The regulators have identified areas where corruption may occur and have installed r...