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In Delhi hospitals, thalassemia patients suffer as life-saving Desferal scarce, set to become 50% costlier

Doctors & patients confirm acute shortage of the drug in hospitals, even as manufacturer Novartis maintains there is no shortage in supply.

2 jabs a year to keep bad cholesterol at bay — breakthrough treatment to launch in India this month

Novartis India, the company that has the import and marketing permission for Inclisiran, refused to divulge the price of the drug in India, but market sources say it is going to be Rs 1.2 lakh per jab.

Novartis, Eli Lilly oppose compulsory licences for breast cancer drugs, say sales up despite price

Pharma giants were responding to petition in Kerala HC seeking compulsory licences for their HER2-negative breast cancer drugs, which would allow cheaper, generic versions to be made.

It’ll take more than vaccines to fight Covid, Novartis CEO Narasimhan says

Significant supplies of highly effective vaccines won’t be available until the end of 2021 & even once we have one, it probably won’t protect everyone, Narasimhan said.

On Camera

Dharali floods a wake-up call for IMD, NDMA to buck up—the Himalayan region is vulnerable

If extremely heavy rainfall can cause such damage without a rare event like a cloudburst, it should leave the system working toward India’s disaster preparedness thinking.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Shadow war over India’s defence procurement on social media raises concerns of dodgy & undue influence

One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.