Business TodayBig Pharma on the backfoot in IndiaBusiness TodayIn March, the Indian Patent Office granted Hyderabad-based Natco Pharma a "compulsory licence" to sell a generic version of German company Bayer AG's kidney and liver cancer d…
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) A 12−year−old Sudanese boy got a new lease of life following a combined liver and kidney transplant with the organs donated by his two sisters at a hospital here, doctors said Thursday.
Egypt boy gets new life after combined liver-kidney transplantBusiness StandardThe family was asked to come to India for diagnosis after doctors in Egypt failed to provide treatment for the child. Doctors called the surgery "very challenging"…
Economic TimesIndia rejects AstraZeneca patent appeal on IressaPharmaTimesThe case is the latest stand-off between India and pharma. Last month, Pfizer said it would appeal after the patent on its kidney and liver cancer drug Sutent (sunitinib) was rev…
Gastro experts await oral treatment for hepatitis CTimes of IndiaIndian National Association for Study of the Liver (INASL) would discuss about liver diseases and the Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India (SGEI) would talk about the science an…
The Oscars are disgusting: Paul CoxTimes of IndiaPANAJI: Probably one of the few directors to go on record to say that he has nothing against plagiarism or even piracy, guest of honour at 2012's closing ceremony, director Paul Cox, has a long conne…
New Delhi, Nov. 29 — A rare double transplant surgery at a private city hospital gave a new lease of life to a 12-year-old boy from Sudan.Mukhtar Ahmed Ali Gadkarim was suffering from a rare disorder known as Primary Hyperoxaluria, in which levels of …
India rejects AstraZeneca patent appealTimes of IndiaEarlier this year, an Indian ruling allowed a local firm to produce a vastly cheaper copy of German pharmaceutical giant Bayer's patented drug Nexavar for liver and kidney cancer. Medical chariti…
Zee NewsFinally, a potential vaccine against kala azarZee NewsFinally, a potential vaccine against kala azar Kolkata: Scientists at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB) here claim to have hit the bull`s eye with a potential vaccine directed …
Afflicted by only tumour of its kind in the world, teacher fights and winsTimes of IndiaAdding to the rareness, the neuroendocrine tumour or NET, as it is better known, was lodged on the biliary tract that rises from the liver and carries bile juice to…