Oct 29, 2025
The Skin Remembers Capital: Piramal Pharma, Dermatological Capitalism, and the Pharmakon of Neoliberal Care
Posted on 29th October, 2025 (GMT 03:49 hrs) Editor’s Note:This essay continues our investigation into the moral and epistemic architecture of India’s pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, following earlier reports on Piramal Pharma’s Lacto Calamine and Tetmosol. Here, the inquiry shifts from reportage to philosophy — exploring what it means for care itself to become a site of…
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