'Mucor is very scary'

'Mucor is an environmental fungus, and it's much more prevalent in hot and humid areas'. 'The amount of fungus in the air is much higher in India than some other parts of the world.' IMAGE: A......

'COVID-19 will be a year-long struggle'

'Predictions are that numbers will continue to rise till May end and maybe in the first half of June will be our peak.' IMAGE: Medical workers arrive for COVID-19 testing at a containment zone in......

For Kolkata, Mother Teresa was always a saint

When Pope Francis canonises Mother Teresa at the Vatican on September 4, she will officially be recognised as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. However, for the legion of her followers in......

The extraordinary doctor who makes a difference

On August 10, the Human Rights Watch, an international non-governmental organisation that conducts research and advocacy on human rights, announced that Dr M R Rajagopal was one of the recipients......

COLUMN: SC right to reject Novartis's attempt

Novartis’ threat that it would not introduce new medicines in India after the verdict is hollow, says Anand Grover.While the patients and the generic companies have rejoiced over the Supreme......

Domestic pharma lauds apex court verdict

Though the India office here of Swiss pharma giant Novartis  wore a gloomy look following the Supreme Court rejection of its Glivec patent application, Indian pharmaceutical companies and......

SC denies patent to Novartis's cancer drug Glivec

Swiss pharma major Novartis AG on Monday lost a seven-year long legal battle for getting its blood cancer drug Glivec patented in India and to restrain Indian companies from manufacturing generic......

Drug pricing: Govt decides to bypass three patents

The government's move to issue compulsory licences for three more patented cancer drugs is a jolt to multinational pharmaceutical companies.The plan is to issue CLs for Trastuzumab (or Herceptin,......

Will Sanjay Dutt's daughter carry on the legacy?

Cancer seems to dominate headlines these days.While actor Patrick Swayzesuccumbed to pancreatic cancer, Lisa Ray is battling hers, a rare form of cancer. So it makes sense to know more about the......

Vivek, Urmila campaign against tobacco

Vivek Oberoi, Urmila Matondkar and veteran actor Shashi Kapoor have come together to act in an ad film against the use of tobacco. Saathiya director Shaad Ali has directed the film. It will be......

Shoaib regales cancer kids

Shoaib Akhtar may be a batsman's nightmare, but off the field he is affable.On Thursday, the Pakistan pace ace was at the King George V Memorial hospital in Mumbai for just an hour, and in that......