Transcript Blueprint of a Responsible Pharmaceutical Sector

Blueprint of a Responsible
Pharmaceutical Sector
Rudra Shankar
CUTS-International
June 06, 2013
Context
 Capacity Building workshop for medium and large
scale pharmaceutical firms
 The purpose was to facilitate the process of discussion
on responsible ways of doing business
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Further……….
 To develop understanding on elements related to
Environmental and Marketing & Distribution practices
 Discussion on Challenges faced.
 Role played by various stakeholders in addressing the
challenges
 The workshop was attended by participants (senior and
middle level managers) from six states
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The Writeshop…..
 A ‘writeshop’ was conducted as one of the session
during the workshop.
 The session was aimed at receiving inputs from all the
participants regarding their expectations from various
stakeholders (State government, Regulators, Firms,
Sectoral Associations and Civil Society) related to the
pharma sector along with existing challenges and the
way forward
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Outline……….
STAKEHOLDERS
State
Government
State Level Firms
Regulators
Desirable
Actions
Challenges
Way
Forward
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Sectoral
Associations
NGOs,
Academicians
Way Forward……..
 Through the writeshop we came to know about the
challenges facing uptake of business responsibility in
pharmaceutical sector at the state level.
 We have presented these challenges along with other
information in the form of a discussion paper for all the
participants of the Interface meeting.
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Continued……
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Challenges
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Firms
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Civil Society
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Actions
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Outcomes
Short term Long term
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Scheme for adoption of Business
Responsibility
Action: to
overcome
challenges
Challenges:
facing the uptake
of BR in Pharma
Sector
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Outcomes:
short term
gains and
long term
benefits
Thank you
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