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AIDS Generic Drugs Approved by FDA for Sale in US

...udine was not available in US market due to strict patent laws, so the people can use only branded Zidovudine drugs, as branded drugs are very costly, treatment using AZT has been very costly in the US. Due to expiry of the patents in the US for Zidovudine, now generic drugs can be sold and brought in US, t...

Yoga, ayurveda being documented to stop patent misuse

Bitten by patent rows over basmati and turmeric, India doesn't want to be caught off guard again// by the West, certainly not when it comes to its ancient healing systems of yoga, ayurveda, unani and siddha. A task force appointed by the government for protecting t...

Using Eyes As The Line Of Reference For Fetal Brain Imaging

...ent and Trademark Office has granted a provisional patent for the technique....

Biologicals Transfer Proposal between US and Indian Biotechnology

...reate a global bank that will compulsorily collect patent protected biological materials an offer these to industries at a nominal cost, clearly establishing ownership. Government reluctance to grant exclusivity of clinical trial data may also scare away companies, analysts say. And even if implemented succ...

Indian Government Sets Up Task Force For Avian flu

...nd Ranbaxy, and are looking into the licensing and patent issues,’ said an official from the Health Ministry. The government is following the WHO Action Plan that classifies the disease in six phases. India is a Phase I country as no cases have been reported so far. ‘While we have got the reagent from CD...

Generic Drugs Usage In US Can Save $20 Billion – Express Script Surve

... than $50 billion worth of branded drugs will lose patent exclusivity over the next five years. In the next year alone, $11 billion in drug sales are expected to lose patent, with generic alternatives becoming available for at least 15 branded drugs. The largest-selling drug losing exclusivity in 2006 is Zo...

A bird's eye view of the Bird Flu scare

...t-fistedness of the American company that owns the patent for the same, it remains to be seen how many vaccines actually end up here. Bird flu then, is real and here to stay for sometime. And as the adage goes, prevention is indeed better than cure. If you find any sick bird, immediately contact the local...

Cipla In India Can Manufacture Drug For Bird Flu

... drug manufactured before 1995 hence there are no patent issues involved with it manufacture. ‘‘We can manu...e it in our laboratories,’’ added Dr Hameid. The patent for Tamiflu is pending in India and the government is yet to decide on how to make the drug in the ...

Ranbaxy Laboratories All Set To Export Bird Flu Vaccines

... is believed to get shipped to a country where the patent held by the Swedish major Roche would be invalid. ...avian flu drug to a government, where Roche has no patent on the drug', said Dr Brian Tempest, CEO of Ranbaxy and managing director of Ranbaxy. The company ha...

India should increase precautionary measures against Bird flu

...ars. Swiss drug firm Roche has the manufacturing patent for Tamiflu and it is not compromising on its patent though request from various countries as the tablets produced by Roche would cost Rs. 180/tablet. If...

Roche confirms Tamiflu production talks in US

...les Schumer said, "the purpose is not to break the patent on Tamiflu, but rather to meet an emergency need f...," Schumer said. "Instead of closely holding their patent rights and production techniques, in the face of a global health risk, they've moved swiftly to part...

Bird flu claims 70th Victim in Asia

... come from the Roche Pharmaceuticals which has the patent for Tamiflu drug has given permission to manufacturers to produce generic version of Tamiflu, which would help the economically weaker countries to produce affordable bird flu drugs....

Visually impaired prefer specially enhanced TV

...mpany that developed the Belkin device and holds a patent pending on the technology, has shown interest in creating another version of the product for visually impaired viewers based on results from this and other image studies by Peli and his colleagues. DigiVision, Inc. was awarded a "Connect 2005 Most ...

Erectile Dysfunction Drug Viagra Launched In India By Pfizer

...ug in the country. Although it was not possible to patent a drug in India, from 1970 until the beginning of this year, it was possible to patent the technique of drug production. This meant that generic forms of the drug could be launched in I...

Christmas trees to yield key Tamiflu ingredient

... drug maker F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., which has a patent for the drug, Biolyse thought of making shikimik acid. The price of shikimik acid has soared to more than $500 (U.S.) a kg from $45 in the past 12 months on shortages of Tamiflu and skyrocketing demand, with various countries clamouring to stockpile ...

India to produce Tamiflu generic ‘Oseltamivir

... of the Tamiflu anti-flu drug. Roche who holds the patent for Tamiflu drug his under great international pressure from different government agencies for the right to manufacture // generic drugs as most of the developing and under-developed countries could not afford the drug. The new generic version of Tam...

A success for the Indian pharmacy: gets licence to manufacture Tamiflu

...n humans. The Swiss drugs giant developed, and has patent protection for, a product that is in great demand from governments around the world. The best part is that it appears to be only the second such manufacturing license Roche has awarded. The first one went to a Chinese firm, the Shanghai Pharmaceu...

US FDA approved Aurobindo Pharma to produce generic AIDS drug

...commercially by Bristol-Myers Squibb which has the patent for the drug which is found to be very effective against HIV. Stavudine is a synthetic thymidine nucleoside analogue. The generic version approved for Aurobindo pharma manufacture could be given in HIV treatment to children’s from childhood to adoles...

New Technique Enables Better Nursing Of Robin Sequence Infants

...laced in two different categories (Group 1: Airway patent if infant is in prone position, Group 2: nasopharyngeal intubation done owing to severe respiratory compromise) based on the severity of the clinical condition. The technique involved a number of steps such as suction of a pacifier, massage to ante...

New Gadget To Protect The Eyesight Of Children

...hat invented the gadget. Can-New has acquired a patent for the invention from Taiwan and China. The TV Magic Tool is being priced at $450. Edited DPA...

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