Novartis seeks quick approval for new cancer drug Glivec
Novartis AG has filed for US and European Union approval for its cutting edge cancer therapy Glivec, putting the drug on track to hit the market as early as the third quarter of the year.
Conservation group condemns Germany for go-ahead to building on protected wetland
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has strongly criticised Germany for lifting a court-ordered delay to develop part of a German wetland, protected under the international Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.
Climate change talks to resume in Bonn on July 16
International talks to limit the pollution blamed for global warming will restart on July 16 in Bonn, Dutch Environment Minister Jan Pronk said on Wednesday. The last round of talks in The Hague, chaired by Pronk, broke down in November after U.S. and European Union negotiators failed to agree a …
The Capital has many more poor: Govt
Delhi government says the Planning Commission's parameters for determining those below the poverty line in the Capital is inadequate as it does not consider Delhi's higher than average per capita income.
Russia plans to import of spent nuclear fuel
Russia's Ministry of Atomic Energy is lobbying parliament to approve legislation which would allow it to earn u p to $20bn over 10 years from imports of spent nuclear fuel.
Controversial drilling in Alaskan Wildlife Refuge central to Bush's proposed energy budget
As expected President George W Bush has announced that drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a major part of his energy policy in his proposed budget for 2002, but the plan is already facing Congressional challenges.
Judge halts md. anti - smoking ban
A judge Friday temporarily halted a suburban Washington community's anti-smoking ordinance that was considered one of the toughest in the nation. The preliminary injunction issued Friday by Circuit Judge Durke G. Thompson blocks Friendship Heights from enforcing a ban on outdoor smoking in public places, including parks and sidewalks. Repeat …
GlaxoSmithKline and World Health Organization sign agreement to develop a new treatment for malaria
GlaxoSmithKline and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that they have signed an agreement for the development of a new treatment for malaria called LAPDAP. LAPDAP, a product that combines two existing anti-malarial compounds chlorprogunil and dapsone, is a potential life-saving medicine.
ACF warns on tree felling rate
Land clearing around Australia expanded by 7 per cent last year, with the equivalent of 10 suburban house blocks disappearing every minute, according to an Australian Conservation Foundation analysis released yesterday.
New international plan of action targets illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing
More than 110 countries have adopted a new Plan of Action against illegal, unregulated and reported fishing, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a statement. The voluntary agreement aims at preventing, deterring and eliminating illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing, FAO said.