Pharmaceuticals
Martin Shkreil jailed for offering reward for strand of Hillary Clinton’s hair
14 Sep 2017
Pharma executive Martin Shkreli, who gained notoriety for hiking the price of lifesaving drug Daraprim by 5,000 per cent and is awaiting sentencing for securities fraud, has now been ordered jailed over a Facebook post in which he offered a $5,000 reward for a strand of Hillary Clinton’s hair
Allergan transfers drug patent to Mohawk tribe to sidestep lawsuits
09 Sep 2017
The surprise move by Allergan to transfer the patents on a best-selling eye drug to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe could open up a new way for drug makers to head off challenges to patents
Poultry waste raising antibiotics resistance
02 Sep 2017
Pfizer secures Indian patent for its pneumonia vaccine
23 Aug 2017
Pfizer's patent on the same vaccine was revoked by the European Patent Office last year, and is being challenged in the United States and South Korea
Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay record $417 mn in talcum powder case
22 Aug 2017
Echeverria who filed the law suit alleged that Johnson & Johnson failed to adequately warn consumers even as it was fully aware of the talcum powder’s potential cancer risks
Draft pharma policy seeks to bridle NPPA’s pricing powers
18 Aug 2017
Drug prices once fixed by the NPPA cannot be revised unless directed by the government or by courts, as per the draft policy
Govt slashes ceiling prices of knee implants by up to 69%
17 Aug 2017
The price cuts, varying from 59 per cent to 69 per cent, are expected to result in overall annual savings of about Rs1,500 crore for the 1-1.5 lakh patients in India
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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