06Mar/13

India rejects plea against cancer drug – Boston Globe

March 6, 2013Liveradmin

India rejects plea against cancer drug
Boston Globe
Last year, India’s patent office allowed local drug manufacturer Natco Pharma Ltd. to produce a generic version of Bayer’s kidney and liver cancer drug Nexavar on the grounds it would make the drug available to the public at a reasonably affordable price.
Enter compulsory licensingBusiness Standard
Indian patent appeal board upholds compulsory license on Bayer’s NexavarThe Pharma Letter
IPAB rejects Bayer’s appeal on the grant of Compulsory LicenseLexology (registration)
Morning Star Online –Newstalk ZB
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05Mar/13

Upton: Where is the worst air in the world? – Newsday

March 5, 2013Lungadmin

NewsdayUpton: Where is the worst air in the world?NewsdayOverall, India recently ranked last in a list of 132 countries surveyed for their air quality. Most of the pollution that I inhale in Delhi comes from diesel-burning trucks and buses. Other aeria…

05Mar/13

Dhoni opens his heart out after being declared India's most successful Test … – India Today

March 5, 2013Heartadmin

India Today

Dhoni opens his heart out after being declared India’s most successful Test …
India Today
A second successive win over Australia here on Tuesday made captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni open his heart and make a few admissions on a day he became India’s most successful Test captain with 22 victories. But Dhoni played down his achievement …
Clarke’s hand forced as Australia loses second Test to India by an innings and …Herald Sun
Cheteshwar Pujara-Murali Vijay stand set up the win, says MS DhoniIBNLive
Not the second Rahul Dravid, but the first Cheteshwar PujaraCricket Country
NDTV –Wisden India –The Hindu
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05Mar/13

Indian patent appeal board upholds compulsory license on Bayer's Nexavar – The Pharma Letter

March 5, 2013Liveradmin

Newstalk ZB

Indian patent appeal board upholds compulsory license on Bayer’s Nexavar
The Pharma Letter
… grant of a compulsory licence has now been issued by India’s Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) in Chennai, upholding the March 2012 granting of the first compulsory license for the firm’s kidney and liver cancer drug Nexavar (sorafenib …
India rejects German transnational’s cancer drug patent appealMorning Star Online
Landmark ruling against patent drugs in IndiaNewstalk ZB
India Rejects Bayer Plea Against Cheap Cancer DrugPharmaceutical Processing

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05Mar/13

Sachin Tendulkar launches health research facility – Times of India

March 5, 2013Lungadmin

Hindu Business LineSachin Tendulkar launches health research facilityTimes of IndiaHYDERABAD: Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar launched a research centre on gastrointestinal and liver cancers at a hotel here on Tuesday soon after India routed Australia …

05Mar/13

'Employees State Insurance should foot scribe's liver transplant bill' – Times of India

March 5, 2013Liveradmin

‘Employees State Insurance should foot scribe’s liver transplant bill’
Times of India
HYDERABAD: Lokayukta Justice B Subhashan Reddy on Tuesday directed the state medical commissioner of Employees State Insurance (ESI) scheme and the managing director of Global Hospital, Lakdi-ka-Pul, to perform liver transplantation on a scribe in …

05Mar/13

PM report gives the lie to Raja Bhaiya's claims – Daily News & Analysis

March 5, 2013Lungadmin

PM report gives the lie to Raja Bhaiya’s claims
Daily News & Analysis
Haq was reported to have been killed by one bullet which entered his body through the left side of his back and exited from the chest after puncturing his left lung. The ADG also said that the bullet which killed the CO was yet to be found and thus it …

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05Mar/13

Toxic air hurting kids' lungs, heart & mind – Times of India

March 5, 2013Lungadmin

Toxic air hurting kids’ lungs, heart & mind
Times of India
The study was peer reviewed by Indian Council for Medical Research and All India Institute of Medical Sciences but researchers say the report was stuck in red tape for years after the review. “Seven years is way too long for interpretation. Now the …

05Mar/13

Sachin bats for healthcare – The Hindu

March 5, 2013Liveradmin

The HinduSachin bats for healthcareThe HinduLegendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar took time off to bat for healthcare on Tuesday and launched GIFT ( Gastrointestinal and Liver Foundation for Research & Treatment of Cancers), founded by a group of doct…

05Mar/13

Which City Has the Worst Air Pollution in the World? – Slate Magazine

March 5, 2013Lungadmin

Slate Magazine

Which City Has the Worst Air Pollution in the World?
Slate Magazine
The airborne detritus puts me in danger of contracting bronchitis, asthma, a lung infection, even hypertension and dementia. China’s appalling air quality made … Outdoor air pollution has become India’s fifth highest killer. Only tobacco, high blood …

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