Government may lift price cap on cancer drugs making them costlier by up to 50%India's government is taking emergency steps to ensure cancer patients get vital drugs. Cisplatin and carboplatin, crucial chemotherapy age...
10 Jun, 2026, 11.47 PM IST
Regulator, cos discuss price hike for some cancer drugsIndia's drug pricing authority may soon approve a price hike for vital platinum-based cancer medicines. These drugs, including carboplatin ...
08 Jun, 2026, 06.56 AM IST
Tata-backed MedTherapy claims CAR-T breakthrough with one-day productionTata Sons-backed biotech startup MedTherapy said it has developed a next-generation CAR-T cell therapy manufacturing platform that can redu...
27 May, 2026, 08.27 PM IST
Zydus Lifesciences acquires US pharma firm Assertio for $166 millionIn a bold move that positions Zydus at the forefront of the U.S. specialty oncology market, the Indian drug manufacturer has secured a $166...
14 May, 2026, 01.22 AM IST
Chinese medicines bring relief to India’s cancer patientsIndia’s cancer treatment landscape is seeing a shift as lower-cost immunotherapy drugs developed in China and marketed through Indian partn...
10 May, 2026, 08.50 AM IST
Sun Pharma shares jump over 9% after firm announces $12 billion Organon acquisitionSun Pharmaceutical Industries' shares surged after announcing the $11.75 billion acquisition of US-based Organon & Co., a global leader in ...
27 Apr, 2026, 10.33 AM IST
Rising pollution levels in Mumbai contributing significantly to lung cancer: Maharashtra governmentIn Mumbai, rising pollution levels are driving a surge in lung cancer, now linked to 57% of reported cases. Breast cancer among women is al...
24 Feb, 2026, 10.36 PM IST
ICICI Bank commits Rs 1200 crore to Tata Memorial Centre for cancer careICICI will donate the money from its CSR funds to set up three new buildings spanning over a combined area of 7.5 lakh square feet and equi...
02 Jun, 2023, 07.13 PM IST
Mumbai Oncocare Centre is the one-stop for flexible cancer care solutionThe founders of MOC said their system ensures cancer care through a purposeful network.
25 Feb, 2022, 09.01 AM IST
Tata Trusts, TMC & NCG unite to make cancer expertise affordableTMC is one of the world's largest tertiary care cancer centers and convenes the National Cancer Grid, a consortium of 89 cancer hospitals i...
05 Jan, 2017, 06.31 PM IST
Tata Memorial Hospital tests Rs 2,000 per month chemotherapy for ovarian cancerAs cancer medicines are expensive, the idea was not only reduce costs substantially, but to reduce toxicity and side-effects usually associ...
08 May, 2016, 10.55 AM IST
Glenmark introduces EMI scheme for cancer treatment drugsAround 12,000 deaths occur due to prostate cancer in the country every year and only about 10-15 per cent patients get complete treatment f...
07 Feb, 2016, 10.57 AM IST
Mumbai cancer patient becomes crorepati on 'KBC 8'Patil recently recovered from breast cancer but now she has been diagnosed with liver cancer. She says the prize money will be a big help f...
17 Oct, 2014, 07.03 PM IST
Piramal Enterprises collabrates with Tata Memorial for cancer carePEL and TMC announced their pact to enable devt of tools for better understanding of the disease and to predict responses to various treatm...
03 Apr, 2013, 09.54 PM IST
- Tata opens new cancer hospital to cater to east, NE India
Ratan Tata today inaugurated a cancer hospital, set up at a cost of Rs 350 crore, to treat cancer patients from the east and Northeast of I...
16 May, 2011, 10.18 PM IST
- Cancer patients get a lifeline, discounts for film techies
Railway minister Mamata Banerjee offered a lifeline to cancer patients and technicians of regional film industry by offering both categorie...
25 Feb, 2010, 02.45 AM IST
- Mamata announces concession for cancer patients, film industry in WB
Cancer patients going for treatment will now enjoy 100 per cent concession in third AC and sleeper class compared to 75 per cent earlier.
24 Feb, 2010, 08.26 PM IST