23 hospitals from National Cancer Grid, a network of over 250 cancer centres, pilot ‘pooled procurement’ to improve negotiability for high-value oncology and supportive-care drugs.
As part of upcoming India-US Cancer Dialogue, both countries are planning to focus on advancing knowledge in cancer genomics, developing new diagnostics, therapeutics etc.
Starting this week, Mumbai’s Tata Memorial Centre will offer ‘proton beam therapy’, which allows more targeted treatment of cancerous tumours and fewer side-effects.
Pharma giant Bristol Myers Squibb & partner 2seventy bio say they've successfully tested the treatment, which is aimed at stimulating patient’s immune system to act more efficiently.
Trastuzumab deruxtecan helped check cancer growth in even those with low levels of protein that cancer drugs target. Tumours didn't grow for at least 10 months, compared to average 5 in chemotherapy.
Former CEO Howard Schultz once told shareholders those who opposed his support of same-sex marriage were free to invest elsewhere. But now, CEO Brian Niccol seems to be selling Starbucks as a place that just, well, sells coffee.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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