Varadharajan K

Indpendent #Pharma consultant. #Marketing strategist with focus on using #socbiz strategy.Connecting d Social dots: #social, #mobile, #cloud, #bigdata. #India

[Chennai Rains (COMK) @ChennaiRains]

"Real Feel" Temperature of 40°C at midnight the heat stress which many don't talk about. Hot afternoons in Chennai is something pretty much everyone of us have now accepted. What most don't realize is the uncomfortable evenings & nights during the month of June. At 5 in the morning the current temperature is 31.4°C with a humidity of 58%. At midnight the temperature was 34.2°C with a humidity of 54% effectively making the "Real Feel" Temperature of nearly 40°C. Not everyone has access to airconditioned bed rooms. If your body does not recover well through a good night's sleep your routine during the day gets affected. And the cycle continues unfortunately the next day too.

[Varadharajan K @VaradhKrish]

@ChennaiRains I am glad you gave options. Nice of you! I can try each in different years, maybe! Pollachi and Nagercoil I had worked extensively so well-known towns. Tenkasi looks like an attractive suggestion.

[Varadharajan K @VaradhKrish]

Every June I feel like running away from this city. What would be your suggestion of a place to be and enjoy rains(or better weather) (avoiding hills)? Cc: @ChennaiRains

[Varadharajan K @VaradhKrish]

@ChennaiRains @narayanan1300 Saring! My first posting was at Pollachi so I get this...

[Varadharajan K @VaradhKrish]

@EkamSatBharatam @ChennaiRains no hill stations are not meant for long stay. also koottam and connected logistics paartha this sultry weather will be way better.

[Varadharajan K @VaradhKrish]

@narayanan1300 @ChennaiRains What is Amang?

[Varadharajan K @VaradhKrish]

Unbelievably sultry at 10pm cc: @ChennaiRains

[Varadharajan K @VaradhKrish]

@DriveSmart_IN What is the make of the white vehicle? Any expert?

[Varadharajan K @VaradhKrish]

@AvglobeW @praddy06 @ChennaiRains @ChennaiRmc @RainStorm_TN @MasRainman @chennaiweather @balaji25_t @namma_vjy @chennaicorp @GSBediIAS @sameerangs This is what people miss...well said ...

[Varadharajan K @VaradhKrish]

@prakashkumars @airtelindia @Airtel_Presence @ZeeNews @ZEE5India @unite8sports Flix(256) has a monthly subscription and Prive not showing up. do you think Ultimate8 will be shown in this? how?

[Varadharajan K @VaradhKrish]

@airtelindia @Airtel_Presence I dont find Unite8 sports channel in my dth. Is it already live to subscribe? @ZeeNews @ZEE5India or anyone? @unite8sports

[Varadharajan K @VaradhKrish]

@Airtel_Presence Thanks for the official update of not having fifa coverage @unite8sports channel yet

[Varadharajan K @VaradhKrish]

@Airtel_Presence @airtelindia says they don't have this in their DTH @ZeeTV @unite8sports so what next? Only that 799?

[ZEE @ZEECorporate]

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[Varadharajan K @VaradhKrish]

@Airtel_Presence so many people at @ZeeNews updates on fb etc are posting @airtelindia channel numbers but mostly false. why cant you put out an update to make it easier?

[Varadharajan K @VaradhKrish]

@SayaCareTested Real question is different not meant for #140 discussions. Thanks!

[Varadharajan K @VaradhKrish]

This is a very important post for drs who do not even know the regulatory protocols for approvals in India. It is critical that drs learn regulatory pathways (no difference exists) before they brandish their ignorance in sm and with patients on generics and branded generics.

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

Dear friends, as promised, the citizens funded generics vs. branded drugs project is now published after 4 months in peer review. It was hardwork, but worth the effort because all of you helped us realize this important work.

You can read the full detaild paper here: https://t.co/jZhm8ZcPCq

Here is a simplified summary:
Do cheaper generic medicines work as well as expensive branded ones? It's a question that worries patients and even many doctors, who often quietly assume that a low price must mean lower quality. This doubt has real consequences in India, where medicines make up nearly two-thirds of what families spend out of their own pockets on healthcare — a burden that pushes millions into poverty and forces people to split doses or stop treatment altogether.

To put the question to a fair, independent test, our team at the Mission for Ethics and Science in Healthcare (MESH) carried out a fully citizen-funded study, paid for entirely by donations from ordinary members of the public, with no money or influence from any drug company.

We bought 131 samples of 22 commonly used medicines — covering heart disease, diabetes, infections, pain, acidity, and more — from seven different kinds of outlets across Kerala, including government stores like Jan Aushadhi, private generic chains, and premium branded pharmacies. Every sample was then coded, blinded, and sent to a top accredited laboratory for rigorous testing against the Indian Pharmacopoeia 2022 standards. What makes this study unusual is that very few before it have tested branded and generic versions from the same market side by side, included government-supplied medicines, and combined strict quality testing with a hard look at price — all at the same time.

The result was striking in its simplicity: every single one of the 131 medicines passed every quality test. 100%. It made no difference whether a pill was generic or branded, cheap or expensive — they were all equally good in their active ingredient content, their purity, and how they dissolve in the body.

Yet the prices told a completely different story. Generic medicines were, on average, 48.6% cheaper than their branded twins, and the most expensive brand cost up to 13.9 times more than the cheapest generic of the very same drug. Government Jan Aushadhi stores were the cheapest source for 18 of the 22 medicines tested, with potential savings running into thousands of rupees a year per medicine — for instance, over ₹16,000 a year on a single liver drug.

For doctors, this is reassuring, hard evidence that prescribing a quality-assured generic is not a compromise on care; it is the same medicine at a fraction of the cost. For patients, it means you can stay on your treatment without it draining your savings, which is exactly what keeps people healthier over the long run.

And this is precisely why independent, publicly funded projects like this matter so much for the future of healthcare in India: they answer the questions ordinary people actually have, free from commercial pressure, and they build the trust that programmes like Jan Aushadhi need to truly succeed. Affordable and high-quality are not opposites — in a well-regulated market, they go hand in hand.
More here: https://t.co/jZhm8ZcPCq

[Varadharajan K @VaradhKrish]

@SayaCareTested I didn't comment on the paper or conclusion: but the lack of knowledge of drs who think branded generics is better than generics when regulatory protocols are the same and generics protocol are so different in different parts of the world.

[Varadharajan K @VaradhKrish]

@StarSportsIndia cc: @praddy06

[Varadharajan K @VaradhKrish]

wish we return to #140 the original