Winnipeg Free PressWaking the giantsWinnipeg Free PressAvastin, a chemotherapy drug used to treat colon, lung and kidney cancer, is made by Roche Holding AG of Switzerland. The counterfeit Avastin, which contained no active ingredients, was delivered t…

Platinum City residents protest against quit noticeThe HinduResidents of Platinum City apartments here on HMT Road in Peenya held a protest on Friday against the recent notices issued to some of them by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to vaca…

MarketResearchReports.biz: Global Oncology Therapeutics Market in India to …SBWire (press release)The Indian oncology therapeutics market for breast cancer, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer and NHL was estimated to be worth $153.3m in …

The Biological SCENEGenerics: The Way Forward in India?Zacks.comThe U.S. industry trade group Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America has said that the Supreme Court ruling indicates that the atmosphere for innovation in India is poor. An …

Bacon’s RebellionNo Reform Three Years After Massey DisasterBacon’s RebellionFor 24 of the miners whose bodies had enough lung tissue to sample at autopsy (the rest were too ripped apart by the blast) there was evidence of black lung even though some w…

The Biological SCENENovartis Loses India Patent FightThe Biological SCENE… protection for certain products in India. Last September, a court in Chennai allowed the compulsory licensing of the Bayer cancer drug Nexavar, and a court in Delhi declared t…