-The Business Standard A ray of hope for Indian generic drug makers Gilead Sciences, the California-headquartered biotechnology company, has authorised seven India-based drug makers - Cipla, Ranbaxy, Mylan, Strides Arcolab, Hetero, Cadila Healthcare and Sequent Scientific - to manufacture and sell the generic versions of its hepatitis C medicine, Sovaldi, in 91 developing countries. Earlier in the week, Lupin, the fourth largest Indian drug maker, announced that it will develop and supply...
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Farmer outfits to rally in Punjab against drug menace
-PTI Moga (Punjab): Farmer outfits in Punjab, including Bharti Kisan Union (BKU-Ekta) and BKU (Ugrahan) will hold a rally in Moga on Wednesday to spread awareness on the drug problem in the state. Disclosing this here today, BKU (Ugrahan) General Secretary Sukhdev Singh said the idea behind holding the rally is to press Punjab police to catch "big fishes" involved in the drug trade in the state. He alleged that certain big drug...
More »A hospital by the poor for the poor -A Shrikumar
-The Hindu Suham Hospital, run by a women Self-Help Group is a forerunner in providing quality healthcare to the poor at a subsidised cost Madurai: "Next week, we are installing an ultra-sound scan facility at a cost of Rs. 15,00,000. We are planning to invite the collector to inaugurate it," informs, C.K. Meena who along with few other Self-Help Group members run the Suham Hospital. "It involves the contribution of poor women...
More »Every drop of treated water counts -Manish Agarwal
-The Hindu Business Line To address the water crisis, recycling plants can work as PPPs and industry should switch to using such water Some stark facts: India has 18 per cent of world's population with only 4 per cent of total usable water resources. Annual per capita availability of water has declined by 15 per cent in the past 10 years and is estimated to fall to as low as 1140 m3/year...
More »Government reworks Rajiv Arogyasri health scheme for APL families -Afshan Yasmeen
-The Hindu Bangalore: The State government's Rajiv Arogyasri health scheme for above poverty line (APL) families has lost its sheen even before it can take off. Going back on its word to provide subsidised healthcare to APL families by bearing 90 per cent of the cost for up to Rs. 1.5 lakh annually, the government has now reworked the scheme to provide only 70 per cent of the cost up to Rs....
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