-PTI India has an estimated 25 lakh gay population and about 7 per cent of them are HIV-infected, the government today told the Supreme Court. “The population of MSM (men who have sex with men) is estimated to be 25 lakh in India,” the government sAid in its affidavit filed in the court, citing figures of the National Aids Control programme. The affidavit, filed by the health ministry, sAid it is planning to...
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A historic move to make drugs affordable-G Ananthakrishnan
India's use of the compulsory licensing provision under its patents law for the first time to make the patented cancer drug Nexavar available at affordable prices is an essential, although belated step to curb the mounting cost of drugs. The grant of the licence by the Controller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks to Natco Pharma for manufacture of the drug Sorafenib Tosylate (Nexavar) to treat liver and kidney cancer is...
More »AidAN proposes another pricing model for essential drugs by Khomba Singh
A non-government organisation campaigning for cheaper essential drugs has proposed an alternative pricing model that seeks to fix retail prices at the average price of all brands in a segment. The proposal of the All India Drug Action Network (AidAN) is being examined by the department of pharmaceuticals (DoP), an official sAid. AidAN says its new pricing mechanism, which excludes brands that account for the top 20% by sales, will make...
More »India's patent ruling on cancer may open door for cheaper HIV drugs
-Reuters India's move to strip German drugmaker Bayer of its exclusive rights to a cancer drug has set a precedent that could extend to other treatments, including modern HIV/AidS drugs, in a major blow to global pharmaceutical firms, experts say. On Monday, the Indian Patent Office effectively ended Bayer's monopoly for its Nexavar drug and issued its first-ever compulsory license allowing local generic maker Natco Pharma to make and sell the drug...
More »Mayawati's wealth doubled to Rs 111.64 crore during her term as chief minister by Ashish Tripathi
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati's assets doubled to Rs. 111.64 crores (approx. $22 million) during her term as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. In her affidavit filed along with the nomination for the Rajya Sabha (upper house of Parliament) elections on Tuesday, Mayawati has declared total assets of Rs 111.64 crore, which is more than double of Rs. 52 crore she declared in May 2007 when she contested for the...
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