BFM 89.9

HIGHLIGHTS 
Podcast  >  Bigger Picture  >  Health & Living  >  Doctor in the House: Access to Hepatitis C Treatment

Doctor in the House: Access to Hepatitis C Treatment

Dr George Lee, Consultant Urologist | Jean-Michel Piedagnel, Head of South-East Asia Liaison Office | Chee Yoke Ling, Director

04-May-18 16:00

Doctor in the House: Access to Hepatitis C Treatment

Dr George Lee returns to discuss the latest medical news. Expect deep insights delivered with generous humour. Jean-Michel Piedagnel, Head of South-East Asia Liaison Office, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi), and Chee Yoke Ling, Third World Network Director, join Dr George to discuss the development around access to Hepatitis C treatment in Malaysia.

Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek

Presented by: Meera Sivasothy


This and more than 60,000 other podcasts in your hand. Download the all new BFM mobile app.

Categories:  Politics,  Law and Legal Matters,  Health Policy,  Diseases and Conditions,  Mental Health,  Healthy Living,  Fitness,  Science,  Medical Innovation and Technology

Tags:  Hepatitis C,  neglected diseases,  Sofosbuvir,  compulsory licence,  intellectual property,  access,  The Bigger Picture,  Health and Living, 


Latest Podcasts




Play / Pause

Listen now : BFM 89.9 -- The Business Station

Today’s Shows



11:00 AM

Best of Enterprise

(REPEAT) For the last decade, Qualgro has quietly focused on the "boring back end of the internet", B2B software, data, and AI. General Partner Weisheng Neo joins us to explain why this approach is paying off.

12:00 PM

Popcorn Culture

(REPEAT) We review Noah Baumbach's Jay Kelly, which stars Adam Sandler and George Clooney.

1:00 PM

Cruise Control

(REPEAT) Suzuki returns to Malaysia with the Fronx, a compact crossover that's pretty solid. But what's the catch? Daniel Fernandez shares his thoughts.

2:00 PM

Matt-Splained

(REPEAT) We look back at some of the incredible and amazing breakthroughs in science we’ve seen in 2025.

3:00 PM

Earth Matters

(REPEAT) Selangor’s proposed Batu Arang waste-to-energy incinerator has sparked major community concern. Two residents explain the risks, the lack of official response, and why safer alternatives are needed.

4:00 PM

Bar None

(REPEAT) Aftar Singh, sports journalist at the New Straits Times join us to talk about our hockey team, the Speedy Tigers and how they're doing at the moment.

5:00 PM

BBC World Service

How do you separate fact from fiction when it comes to food? This episode of The Food Chain finds the answer.