Will she make it? Asma Assad, Bashar al-Assad’s wife, is fighting for life, has 50/50 chance of survival because of blood cancerAsma al-Assad, wife of ex-Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, is battling aggressive leukaemia and has a 50/50 chance of survival. She is repo...
27 Dec, 2024, 06.43 PM IST
Bashar Al-Assad's wife Asma has blood cancer and wants to divorce him and return to UK for treatmentAsma al-Assad, who is battling leukaemia, reportedly fled to Moscow for treatment amid rumours that she is seeking a divorce from Bashar al...
25 Dec, 2024, 06.52 PM IST
Alembic gets USFDA nod for cancer treatment drugDasatinib Tablet is indicated for the treatment of newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) i...
10 Jun, 2022, 12.19 PM IST
World's first patient cured of HIV, Ray Brown, passes away after cancer returnsBrown became known as the 'Berlin Patient' after his HIV was eradicated by treatment there in 2007.
30 Sep, 2020, 03.18 PM IST
Shilpa Medicare launches cancer drug at monthly therapy cost of Rs 6,440The drug substance patent on Dasatinib was owned by Bristol-Myers-Squibb and had expired on 12 April 12, 2020. The current monthly therapy ...
24 Apr, 2020, 10.56 AM IST
Blood cancer accelerates premature ageing in healthy bone marrow cellsScientists found that leukaemia induces ageing of the local non-cancer environment.
31 Jan, 2019, 06.28 PM IST
Delhi HC Upholds BMS' Patent for Cancer Drug DasatinibThe Delhi High Court has upheld the patent of US-based BMS for Dasatinib, dashing the hopes of a local company to sell a generic version of...
07 Jul, 2015, 10.50 AM IST
Delhi High Court upholds BMS’ patent for cancer drug DasatinibThe Indian Patent Office had in 2013 rejected the company’s demand for a compulsory licence as it did not follow the procedures for obtaini...
06 Jul, 2015, 05.37 AM IST
First comprehensive computer model of development of blood cells createdThe human body produces over 2.5 million new blood cells during every second of our adult lives, but how this process is controlled remains...
15 Feb, 2015, 06.07 PM IST
New drug provides fresh hope for cancer patientsA new type of cancer therapy has produced dramatic results in patients with advanced leukaemia in an early-phase clinical trial, scientists...
09 Dec, 2014, 08.53 AM IST
Cancer drug may lose patent shieldA compulsory licence (CL) will allow the government to source generic versions of the patented drug and sell them at a fraction of the cost.
07 Feb, 2014, 11.31 AM IST
Government rejects BDR Pharma's CL application for anti-cancer drugUnder the Indian Patents Act, if a medicine is deemed unaffordable, a compulsory licence can be issued to a generic drug maker in public in...
10 Nov, 2013, 12.09 PM IST
Patent office rejects BDR Pharma’s compulsory licensing applicationThe Patent Office rejected BDR’s application on the grounds that the company did not make enough efforts to obtain a voluntary licence for ...
31 Oct, 2013, 05.49 AM IST
BDR Pharmaceutical's plea for compulsory licence on cancer drug rejectedThe Indian Patent Office has rejected Mumbai-based BDR Pharmaceutical’s application for compulsory licence on cancer drug Dasatinib.
12 Sep, 2013, 04.55 AM IST
Supreme Court's Glivec ruling will ruin innovation, says Ranjit Shahani, Novartis India MDToday’s Supreme Court judgment on the Glivec case means that innovator companies like Novartis will see little protection for intellectual ...
02 Apr, 2013, 11.45 AM IST
- Piramal Life may unveil new chemical entity by 2011
Piramal Life Sciences, the listed research and development (R&D) subsidiary of Piramal Healthcare, is hoping to hit the market with its fir...
11 Feb, 2009, 12.12 AM IST
- Dabur OncQuest to expand operations to Pakistan, Dubai
Dabur OncQuest, the cancer diagnostics arm of Dabur Group, is planning to enter Pakistan, Dubai and other south Asian countries.
03 Apr, 2008, 04.33 PM IST