Indian company acquires rights to copy generic cancer drug
Indian pharmaceutical company, Natco Pharma, has been authorized to manufacture an expensive anti-cancer drug originally developed by Bayer Corporation. This move, although undermining the Bayer’s patent, is expected More...
India moves resolution on mental disorders at WHO summit
New Delhi, India: India has insisted the world into joining hands to fight against mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. Foreseeing depression as the leading cause of More...
Countries need to change their mindset to tackle non-communicable diseases: WHO chief
Countries need to change their present mindset to successfully tackle non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the head of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today, adding that governments will need More...
Capsule Endoscopy introduced in South India: NIMS Medicity
NIMS Medicity – a 350 bed hospital in Kerala, India, has introduced wireless capsule endoscopy, which is a new, non-invasive diagnostic tool for detection of diseases in the small intestines. This technique More...
Nature, Science and the Outside World: A candid perspective
“Nature” and “Science” are regarded as the best scientific journals across the globe. They bring to the public domain- information on the elite research happening worldwide. Encompassing various themes like: More...
Remains of medieval “Black Death” raked by scientists; facets of “killer” unveiled
“Black Death” was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history; peaking in Europe in the mid-14th century, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, killing about estimated 30-50% of the European population More...