20 June 2016



Today’s Issue Cluster: Pharma



MAJOR DATA POINTS

China – May: Home prices rise faster; +6.9% from +6.2% / R

Japan – May: Exports fall faster; -11.3% from -10.1% / R / B *


MARKETS



ECONOMICS

US – Economic Gauges Raise Specter of Recession WSJ *

World – EM catch-up set back ‘decades’ FT *


POLITICS & FISCAL POLICY

India – Modi Defends Efforts to Shake Up Economy WSJ *

India – Defensive mode FT * *


MONETARY POLICY

RBI – Rajan to stand down FT / WSJ / NYT / R / B *

RBI – With Rajan Undone by Politics, Pressure Rises on Modi B / FT *

RBI – Attacks stoked talk of change FT / WSJ / FT * *

RBI – Challenges ahead E *


FINANCE



REAL ESTATE



LABOR & EDUCATION



SERVICES



MANUFACTURING



TECH

Mobiles – Micromax rounds on Chinese rivals over India sales FT *

Mobiles – Apple’s Challenges in China Underlined by Patent Dispute WSJ / FT *


TRADE & TRANSPORTATION



COMMODITIES



ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

NatGas – Japan Steps on Gas in Bid to Reshape LNG Market WSJ *

NatGas – Don’t Get Too Comfortable WSJ *

NatGas – US LNG Exports Are Benefiting South America the Most / b *


HEALTH

Pharma – India’s online start-ups prove a bitter pill FT *

Pharma – China Deal Will Slash Prices of Top-Selling Treatments WSJ

Pharma – Secret Deal Squeezes Mexico’s Drug Sector WSJ

Pharma – Price of cancer drugs vastly higher in US FT / E * *

Pharma – New Drugs in Testing to Combat ‘Superbugs’ WSJ

Pharma – ‘Time to take drug resistance seriously’ E * * *

Pharma – Countering antibiotic resistance e *

Pharma – Opioids: The problem of pain E *


ENDNOTE

Vegetarianism as a percentage of population in India motw *


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