The secretary general of the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance, DG Shah said that Novartis was merely posturing and it could not ignore the huge market that India provided to its products. ...
09:15 PM, Apr 01, 2013
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Swiss drugmaker Novartis's attempt to win patent protection for its cancer drug Glivec. ...
07:52 PM, Apr 01, 2013
Swine Flu has resurfaced in the country with 456 cases and 91 deaths since the start of the year. ...
07:52 PM, Feb 08, 2013
With 1,30,000 new cases of cervical cancer diagnosed every year in the country, India accounts for nearly a third of all new cases in the world. What's worse, in another decade, more than 2.3 lakh new cases of this preventable cancer might be diagnosed annually. Yet, doctors in this campaign found that awareness for cervical cancer is extremely low. 95 per cent of women who turned up for screening had...
05:49 PM, Dec 27, 2012
Mumbai: India has the worst cellular tower radiation norms in the world. But from Saturday new guidelines are being implemented. Cellular towers will have to reduce the amount of radiation they emit to 1/10th of the current level. But is the new limit sufficient to reduce serious health risks, given that most countries in the world have radiation levels 1000 to 10,000 times lesser than India? 29-year-old Karmel Nair, a...
06:29 AM, Sep 01, 2012
The heart cells created from patients' skin are at the same stage of development as those of a newborn baby. The study is exciting for ...
04:47 PM, May 24, 2012
Mumbai: In a shocking study published in medical journal, The Lancet, scientists have found that one-third of malaria medicines in South East Asia and Africa are either fake or of poor quality. What is even worse is that a majority of these fake medicines are being manufactured in India and China. According to teh World Health Organisation (WHO), 2,500 people die worldwide every day of malaria. The Lancet study says ...
01:14 PM, May 24, 2012
Mumbai: In a shocking study published in medical journal, The Lancet, scientists have found that one-third of malaria medicines in South East Asia and Africa are either fake or of poor quality. What is even worse is that a majority of these fake medicines are being manufactured in India and China. According to teh World Health Organisation (WHO), 2,500 people die worldwide every day of malaria. The Lancet study says...
01:14 PM, May 24, 2012
...And this is not a cliche anymore... Wolfing junk food like burgers, pizzas, pastas, fried chicken, and washing it down with can-loads of ...
12:16 PM, May 15, 2012
Mumbai: The Indian Patent Office has given the Hyderabad-based Natco Pharma Limited the go-ahead in the form of a compulsory license to legally make and sell a low-cost generic version of German company Bayer's anti-cancer drug, Nexavar. The Controller of Patents PH Kurian, in a 62-page ruling, observed that with Nexavar priced at Rs 2,80,000 for a month's treatment, Bayer has not adequately worked the patent, adding that Nexavar was...
07:02 PM, Mar 13, 2012
Mumbai: A new concern has come to light for those battling breast cancer. A drug commonly used in India to treat the condition has been found to decrease bone density in older women. Considered a 'wonder drug' for breast cancer treatment, Exemestane, sold under the brand name, Aromasin, is commonly used in India. It is often prescribed for daily use to breast cancer patients for a period of five years....
09:51 AM, Mar 01, 2012
Mumbai: Cricketer Yuvraj Singh's battle against cancer has put the spotlight once again on the disease that claims 20,000 lives a day worldwide. The question is whether India is well equipped to battle the world's biggest killer. Diagnosed with germ cell cancer, cricketer Yuvraj Singh is currently undergoing chemotherapy in the United States. While it is a shocking news for his fans, but a cancer diagnosis in the 30s is...
07:22 PM, Feb 08, 2012
Mumbai: In a dangerous trend, tuberculosis, which already kills a thousand people everyday in the country, has mutated yet again - this time infecting 12 people with an incurable form of the disease. It doesn't get any more alarming. As you read this story, India is being gripped by a lethal mutated strain of tuberculosis which has no cure. In the last three months alone, Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai has...
09:06 AM, Jan 08, 2012
Mumbai: Life in the fast lane, fuelled by fast food and typical every day urban habits are your worst enemy. A new study by pharma company Sanofi, done on 16,000 people across eight states finds that one in five Indian adults in the metros suffers from both diabetes and hypertension. But it's worse in Maharashtra - one in three people suffer both hypertension and diabetes. Senior Endocrinologist, Lilavati Hospital Dr...
08:37 AM, Nov 09, 2011
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It's a eureka moment for scientists ... Experts have made a breakthrough with a malaria Vaccine being clinically tested in Africa right now. The new ...
11:57 AM, Oct 24, 2011
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