Drugs on EMI
by The Daily Eye Team November 12 2014, 6:09 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 25 secsPeople in an extremely backward Haryana town, where almost every fifth person has hepatitis C, are forced to seek treatment on EMIs
High incidence of hepatitis C in Ratia and the absence of a government-run treatment centre for the liver disease in the small town of Haryana have opened a novel business opportunity for pharmaceutical firms. Companies that manufacture expensive interferon injections—the main component of hepatitis C treatment—have been offering them on monthly instalments since 2012.