A 55-year-old woman from Pune was denied service at a well-known spa here as she has Vitiligo, a non-contagious condition that leads to white patches on skin. Narrating her humiliating experience,......
The Leucoderma Awareness Movement, a Chennai-based non-profit, non-government organisation that has been striving to eradicate the stigma attached to this skin condition, is organising a mass......
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), the apex drug regulator, may soon ban the production and sale of three medicines in the country.The drugs - cisapride, phenylpropanolamine......
Leading Indian drug majors, such as Ranbaxy Laboratories, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Piramal Healthcare and Wockhardt, are in-licensing popular products from overseas drug makers to boost their......
In March this year, Bangalore-based Stempeutics Research received clearance from the Drug Controller General of India to conduct human clinical trials to develop drugs using stem cells. With this,......
Samir K Brahmachari feels like Bhuvan, the lead character in Aamir Khan-starrer Lagaan. In the blockbuster, Bhuvan cobbles together a team of villagers, who have never played cricket in their......
Wockhardt Ltd has signed an In-licensing agreement with UK-based LSI to market Vitix, a drug used for treating pigmentation disorder.Vitix is a gel for topical application and would be manufactured......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Mamta Mohandas/Instagram Mamta Mohandas says she has been diagnosed with the autoimmune disease Vitiligo, which causes loss of skin colour in patches. Sharing some......