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Now AIDS treatment comes dirt-cheap

...waging wars over many drug formulations the pharma majors are now locking horns over AIDS treatment. The ball was set in motion by the dramatic announcement of Indian firm Cipla that a three-drug combination for AIDS treatment would cost less than a U.S. dollar a day. Not to be left far behind rival firm Ra...

Development of AIDS vaccine -- Chiron Corp in talks with four Indian cos

... and also to take up joint initiatives with pharma majors like the above, he said. Various studies and forecasts made on AIDS in India warn of an epidemic with infection numbers being put at nearly 40 lakh at present. With the costs of the few available anti-AIDS drugs still very much beyond the affordabil...

Half of world's children are passive smokers - damning disclosure from WHO

...rends continue.She saved the worst for the tobacco majors and said "big tobacco companies have paid for bogus scientific studies, unleashed well-funded campaigns to attack legitimate studies, set up front groups to push smokers rights, sued health authorities in court, and done everything in their power to ...

Pharma cos must forge Strategic alliances

Indian pharmaceutical majors should go in for strategic alliances among themselves to capture export markets increasingly by leveraging cost advantages and precluding cut-throat competition which would be detrimental to the industry. This was stated by the Commerce Secretary, M...

Second hope for men with erectile dysfunction

...aiting for approval from the U.S. FDA) by the drug majors Eli Lilly and Bayer. The drugs, Cialis (tadalafil), by Eli Lilly, and Levitra (vardenafil), by Bayer, are touted to be more effective than Viagra(sildenafil citrate) as they are said to remain active// in the bloodstream for longer periods, which mea...

India set to become the global knowledge hub

...otech company Biocon, like other home-grown pharma majors Ranbaxy and Dr. Reddy's, is attracting attention from companies in the US and Europe, which are seeking a strong platform for development skills. "India needs to break away from imitative to more inventive R&D to realize the potential of its innova...

Soft Drinks May Be Banned In Rajasthan Schools

...hach, lassi and the like. In 2003, soft drink majors like Pepsi and Coke were accused of selling products with pesticide residues by an environmental NGO. --Edited IANS...

Rice University wins Prestigious Grants from HHMI

...ally benefit undergraduate engineering and science majors at Rice University, interested in biomedical research but with little life science training. Professor Richards-Kortum's program, "Health-Care Technology Development and Assessment: Integrating Research and Undergraduate Education in Biomedical Eng...

Advantage India: Growth Pills Abound For Pharma Companies

...ing multi-billion annual sales. Domestic pharma majors Ranbaxy and Dr Reddy's Laboratories are being touted as major beneficiaries to tap on a multi-billion dollar sales vacuum created by the patent expiry of two biggest blockbuster drugs in the US -- cholesterol- cutting drug Zocor and antidepressant Zo...

Viread To Retail In India For $1

...o generic licensing deals with three Indian pharma majors - Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Hetero Drugs and Strides...was in discussion with other Indian pharmaceutical majors even though some of them have filed oppositions to the Gilead patent filings. He said: "We are in ...

Medical Students Get Poor Quality Sleep

College students with medical-related majors are more likely to have poorer quality of sleep in... or humanities (i.e., psychology, education). STEM majors comprised 55 percent of the participants and 45 percent were humanities majors. All subjects were ad...

Gilead's AIDS Drug Awaits Patent in India

...gned generic licensing deals with 10 Indian pharma majors to distribute Viread in India and 94 other resource-limited countries. More than 5.1 million people are believed to be infected with HIV in India - the second highest incidence of the disease after South Africa. According to Alton, Viread (tenofo...

US Whizkids Create Eco-friendly Building Material from Mushroom

... Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in New York with dual majors in mechanical engineering and product design and innovation. "I think it has a lot of potential, and it could make a big difference in people's lives," said Professor Burt Swersy, whose Inventor's Studio course inspired the product's creation. "It...

Mr. Bean's Merchandise to Hit Indian Markets

...opean markets and has several global entertainment majors on its client list - including Marvel, BBC, Hallmark, Paramount and Cartoon Network....

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