Aurobindo Receives Approval from USFDA for anti-AIDS drug
...pproval (NDA) and sold in the US markets, once the patents on the individual components expire. The combined...hopping $5 billion annually in the US alone. The patents for these drugs in the US market expire in 2009 and 2010. According to Lanka Srinivas, director, A...KPMG Optimistic About Indian Pharma’s Growt
...n medicines in Europe and the US are to lose their patents in 2007-08, India is ideally positioned to sweep u... of product patents. For the previous 25 years, patents were only granted on processes - a decision which saw many MNCs abandon the subcontinent, but which ...Cardiogenic Shock is the Leading Cause of Death for Heart Attack Patients
...icians to consider emergency revascularization for patents with cardiogenic shock complicating heart attack,' says Dr. Nabel. 'Our study shows a significant survival benefit that is sustained up to 11 years. This benefit extends even to selected patients over the age of 75,' says Dr. Hochman, Clinical Chie...Placental Protein Leads To The Onset Of Preeclampsia - Researcher Finds
...nd Stroke Foundation of Ontario. BIDMC has filed patents on methods of diagnosing and treating preeclampsia. Source: Newswise...Finnish research: Cysteine Chewing Gum as a cure for cancers of the mouth
...la have been patented world wide. The owner of the patents is nowadays Finnish company Biohit Oyj. The first commercial product based on this patented method is l-cysteine containing chewing gum that was launched on the market in the 11th International Congress of Oral Cancer on May 14-17, in Italy. ‘We know...AIDS Sufferers Protest against Proposed Patent for Tenofovir
...vir offer a new hope of continuing treatment. With patents interfering with our lives, we have no choice but to oppose them.’ Delhi Network of Positive People, along with another anti-AIDS organization, the Indian Network for People Living With HIV/AIDS, filed an application with the New Delhi Patent Offic...Caffeine Content In Beverages To Be Identified By Home Test Kit
...e similar to caffeine, Ladenson says. He has filed patents related to the research....Heparin Based Nanoscale Materials Developed For Dialysis Treatment
...rature Ionic Liquids,’ Jan. 26, 2006). Provisional patents have been filed by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Research in Linhardt's group at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at Rensselaer focuses on complex carbohydrates such as heparin. After determining the structure of these...Promise for Soya Allergy Sufferers
...of I. ‘We are releasing this information with no patents so that companies and breeders involved with soybeans can incorporate these two lines as quickly as possible,’ Hymowitz said. Companies in Japan, Canada and across the United States have been following the research effort, he added. The research, ...Biocon To Shift Focus On Innovation To Accelerate Growth
... gives Biocon access to about 300 granted or filed patents of Nobex in oral peptide delivery in the metabolic and cardiovascular segment. "Besides full ownership of oral insulin and oral BNP programmes, we will have access to products in early phase I & II development such as oral calcitonin, oral para thy...More Than £500m Wasted On Drugs; MP Blames NH
...ively from 2002 to 2005. During the same period, patents on these drugs had dropped resulting in a drop in ...ment is slow to react to drops in drug prices once patents end. Therefore, the money they are paying to pharmacists is way too much. At time when there are rea...Azathioprine Can Soon Revolutionize Eczema Treatment
...ine and corticosteroids were developed, for use in patents with transplanted kidneys. Atopic eczema is a skin disorder that affects nearly 10-15% of children. Approximately one-third of these children carry the disease symptoms, into adulthood. High doses of topical steroid creams are given. This is howeve...Roche offers HIV drug expertise to poor nations
...gy Transfer Initiative, Roche will not enforce its patents on HIV drugs in sub-Saharan Africa and the Least D...t would have been better for Roche to renounce its patents in these countries. Reinhard also claimed that saquinavir was never prescribed on its own, but usu...Australia to Show Leniency towards U.S. Pharmaceutical Companies
... that the pharmaceutical companies can delay their patents only if there is an enhancement in the profits due to the drug. But the government will never allow the misuse of the law at any cost....Christmas trees to yield key Tamiflu ingredient
...he drug in five weeks. In countries where Roche's patents on Tamiflu are not recognized, such as the Philippines and Thailand, Biolyse is in discussions to sell shikimic acid and provide technical assistance to manufacture the drug for use in that country. ...Effect Of Cooling And Exercise To Be Analyzed In Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
...wards providing a better quality of life for these patents will investigate if cooling the body before or during exercise would allow for longer hours of exercise. The study also will determine the effects of a 12-week aerobic exercise program on fitness, core and skin temperature, and heat flux in MS patien...Indian Health Minister interested to import bird flu vaccine
...treating avian flu and the Government could cancel patents during emergencies as provided under the law. No reports of generic drugs for avian flu were discussed in his today’s speech. (IANS) Medindia on Bird Flu Avian influenza (AI) or Bird Flu is a disease of viral etiology that ranges from a mild ...Drug companies in India keen on developing bird flu drug
...ation would however require a critical analysis of patents issue across the world. It would be six months before the drug can actually be manufactured following regulatory approvals. In response to the above situation, Roche has announced it would not welcome interventions by generic drug makers in Tamiflu ...India preparing to counteract bird flu threat
...ue and suggest whether the Government could cancel patents during emergencies as provided under the law and the issue will also be discussed with the Directorate-General of Health Services and the Drugs Controller of India.” Source: The Hindu......t and make it available for the office that grants patents and copyrights to trademark it as our public prope...e says the US Patents Office has so far issued 134 patents on yoga accessories, 150 yoga-related copyrights and 2,315 yoga trademarks while Britain has approve...