With less than two weeks left for the April 13 assembly elections, the battle has warmed up for 30 seats in three southern districts of Kerala, seen crucial for both the Communist Party of......
While even the Opposition doesn’t believe that Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is personally involved in the solar scam, the Congress leaders reputation has been tainted. And while he......
Early this year, Shamnad Basheer, a young intellectual property consultant, pointed out on his blog that a crucial paragraph in the report on patents by the RA Mashelkar panel was an exact copy of......
Swiss pharma major Novartis has chosen not to pursue the patent application for its AIDS drug Atazanavir in India after the patent was declared "abandoned" even as it continues to fight for the......
Despite the presence of a patent law that guards against giving exclusive commercial rights for modifications of existing medicines, research firms, both multinational and domestic, are trying......
In another setback to Big Pharma, US drug major Eli Lilly's blockbuster erectile dysfunction drug Cialis (generic name:Tadalafil) has failed to qualify for a product patent in India after the basic......
Swiss drug manufacturer Novartis AG has been granted patent protection in India for Nilotinib, a superior version of blood cancer drug Gleevec (imatinib mesylate). It has been engaged in a legal......
Eight Tamil films coming up in theatres near you! Here's a look at the films. Which one are you looking forward to? En Vali Thani Vali Image: R K and Poonam in En Vali Thani Vali......