Roche Vs Natco: Supreme Court clears decks for launch of Natco Pharma's Risdiplam generic in IndiaThe Supreme Court has allowed Natco Pharma to launch its generic version of the spinal muscular atrophy drug Risdiplam in India, dismissing...
17 Oct, 2025, 06.39 PM IST
Roche moves SC against Natco’s launch of generic Risdiplam in IndiaF. Hoffmann-La Roche AG has approached the Supreme Court. This follows a Delhi High Court decision permitting Natco Pharma to introduce a g...
14 Oct, 2025, 06.54 PM IST
Delhi HC allows Natco Pharma to launch risdiplam, rejects Roche pleaThe Delhi High Court has permitted Natco Pharma to launch its affordable generic version of risdiplam, a crucial drug for spinal muscular a...
09 Oct, 2025, 08.53 PM IST
More patients can access key drugs after GST rate cutsRecent GST rate cuts on critical medicines are set to significantly reduce costs for treatments of conditions like multiple myeloma, lung c...
10 Sep, 2025, 12.43 AM IST
Roche made over 100 times the cost of a medicine that it sold in India, calculations show; company defends itselfA recent report in The Times of India reveals that Roche may have profited immensely from risdiplam, a drug for spinal muscular atrophy (SM...
28 Apr, 2025, 11.50 AM IST
SC takes note of plea alleging Samay Raina ridiculed disabledThe Supreme Court is set to examine a plea alleging that Samay Raina, host of "India's Got Latent," ridiculed disabled individuals. The cou...
21 Apr, 2025, 05.26 PM IST
Affordable credit, timely payments: MSMEs’ Key Budget DemandsAhead of Budget 2025, experts and industry leaders propose measures to address the $530 billion credit gap facing the MSME sector.
28 Jan, 2025, 06.18 PM IST
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Indira Gandhi Institute to offer free treatment for childrenKarnataka launched free treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health in Bengaluru. The initia...
14 Nov, 2024, 08.55 PM IST
Budget 2024: Here is Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's full budget speech; Click to readBudget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Budget for 2024-25, marking her 7th consecutive presentation. This budget is...
23 Jul, 2024, 03.49 PM IST
Rs 17 crore for a single dose: Why Zolgensma is world's most expensive medicineThe high cost of Zolgensma, a one-time gene therapy used to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in children under two, is to limited patien...
08 Nov, 2023, 02.46 PM IST
Roche launches spinal muscular atrophy treatment drug in India priced at around Rs 6 lakh per bottleSince its launch, over 4,000 SMA patients across over 50 countries have benefitted from the drug, Roche said in a statement.
29 Jul, 2021, 05.46 PM IST
Don't want Tom, Dick and Harry to collect money: HC on crowdfunding for treatment of rare diseasesJustice P B Suresh Kumar said the court does not want to interdict the crowdfunding process, but it wants the funds to go to the government...
09 Jul, 2021, 01.43 PM IST
LPG price hike figures in Rajya SabhaRaising the issue through a zero-hour mention, Jharna Das Baidya said subsidised and non-subsidised LPG prices were raised by a steep Rs 12...
17 Mar, 2021, 12.45 PM IST