In India, a country with a vast population and a diverse socio-economic fabric, healthcare remains fraught with challenges including disparities in access. These socio-economic disparities are deep, and they influence health outcomes. It is imperative to bridge these gaps amid the ongoing epidemiological, nutritional and demographic transitions that are bringing …
ORAL cancer is the sixth most common cancer reported globally with roughly two thirds of these reported in developing countries, according to a report. Regardless of nationality, roughly half of long-term smokers will die from the effects of tobacco smoking, be it oral cancer, lung cancer or cardiovascular disease. In …
ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad high court asked state government and principal secretary Medical Education to file a short counter affidavit within two weeks in reply to a public interest litigation against equipment for cancer patients lying defunct in Moti Lal Nehru Medical College( MLNMC) Allahabad. Petitioner advocate Manoj Kumar Singh has …
Businesses that allow indoor smoking have 19 times higher levels of polluted air compared to that of places where inside smoking is banned, a study report said. The study was carried out recently under the joint initiatives of the National Heart Foundation (NHF), Dhaka Ahsania Mission and Young Power in …
It's double trouble for global pharma companies in India. On April 1, a Supreme Court bench comprising Judges Aftab Alam and Ranjana Desai dismissed Swiss drug major Novartis AG's seven-year-old plea seeking patent protection for its blood cancer drug Imatinib Mesylate, sold as Glivec. The court held that Glivec was …
Less is sometimes more. That was the message delivered this week by Meghna Das Thakur of the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, in Emeryville, California, to the American Association for Cancer Research’s meeting in Washington, DC. If a cancer evolves resistance to the drug being used to treat it, withdrawing …
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and the United States India Business Council are miffed over the recent Novartis judgment of the Supreme Court (SC) of India. For us, however, this ruling on the question of the patentability of the beta crystalline form of Imatinib Mesylate (IM) is one …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notice to the Centre and authorities in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on a public interest litigation seeking a ban on cancer-causing agents. The PIL claimed there was a nexus between government officials and the industry, due to which carcinogens made their way …
Fatehabad DC orders pollution check Following a spate of reports about prevalence of cancer in villages adjoining the Ghaggar, allegedly due to its polluted water, Fatehabad Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr Saket Kumar today asked the officials concerned to find a solution to the problem. Villagers from over six villages had …
As many as 56,716 cancer patients are registered with the Oncology Department at Government Medical Colleges (GMC) in Jammu and Srinagar, who are undergoing treatment at various stages. As per the data submitted by the government in the Legislative Council (LC) this week, there has been a constant rise in …
“The court has recognised the right of patients to access affordable medicines over profits for big pharma companies” It was celebration time for health activists and civil society groups after the Supreme Court delivered its judgment dismissing Swiss multinational company Novartis’ appeal for patent for its anti-cancer medicine imatinib mesylate …
The incidence of cancer in the rural areas in the country is much lower when compared to towns and cities, triggering an interest among experts to study the causes for the phenomenon. While the incidence is 45 per one lakh a year in the rural areas, it is as high …
The Supreme Court will pronounce on Monday its verdict in a landmark patent case involving Swiss pharma giant Novartis AG. The company has challenged the denial of patent to its blood cancer drug Glivec in India The verdict, which is crucial even for public health, is being watched closely by …
Three Years After Tragedy, No Mechanism In Place To Check Radioactivity New Delhi: Thirty-fiveyear-old Deepak Jain, a scrap dealer at Mayapuri, doesn’t come to work regularly. Labourers at his shop, unlike other shops in one of the city’s biggest and busiest scrap markets, don’t have much work as there is …
Supreme Court judgement dated 01-04-2013:in Appeal Civil No. 2706-2716/2013 @ SLP(C) 20539-20549/2009 Novartis AG Vs. Union of India and ors (Patent/Cancer Drug).
London: Tests to check genes that make people prone to deadliest cancers are now close to being reality. The world’s largest genotyping project targeting identification of genetic alterations that influence the risk of common cancers has revealed 80 genetic “spelling mistakes” that increase the risk of cancers like that of …
The World Bank on Wednesday (27) approved a concessionary loan of US$ 200 million, at an interest rate of 1.25 percent, to Sri Lanka for the Health Sector Development Project to help the government upgrade the standards of performance of the public health system and enable it to better respond …
A federal jury on Thursday found Tonawanda Coke Corp, accused of years of illegal air pollution, guilty of violating federal clean air regulations and found its environmental manager guilty of hiding plant deficiencies from U.S. regulators. The jury in U.S. District Court deliberated just one day before returning its verdicts …
The World Bank approved yesterday a concessionary loan of US $ 200 million to Sri Lanka for the Second Health Sector Development Project (SHSDP) to help the Sri Lankan government to upgrade the standards of performance of the public health system and enable it to better respond to the challenges …
RCC oncologists to be trained in new procedure in Singapore. Patients with advanced cancer of the colon, rectum, or ovaries may now have hope for long-term survival with the Regional Cancer Centre here preparing to offer peritonectomy or cytoreductive surgery, an intensive, multi-disciplinary, and radical procedure currently done only in …
Environmental factors contribute to 30% of Africa's disease burden and hinder the continent's development In 2006, a ship chartered by Dutch-based commodities trader Trafigura illegally unloaded 500 tonnes of toxic waste in the ports of Abidjan, the largest city in Ivory Coast. Local contractors then dumped the contents in town. …
