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......
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......
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,......
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......