Novo Nordisk of Denmark has cleared the anti-diabetes compound DRF- 2593 of Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd(DRL) for its entry into phase II deveopment. This molecule was originally licensed by Novo

AITUC's plea : The State unit of the CPI-affliated AITUC has urged the State government of Tamil Nadu to go slow on the issue of banning smoking in public places, though it was a laudable move. They

The government, as part of its preparation for the final round of World Trade Organisation negotiations, is getting ready to open up the health services sector. Health is in the WTO list of services

A team of US scientists has developed simple and cost-effective technology to treat arsenic contaminated drinking water that affects more than 50 million people in Bangladesh and India's adjoining

Human Rights Network Orissa (HURINEO) has urged the State Government to take prompt action against those responsible for the murder of the tribal activist involved in the anti-liquor movement last

Bill Gates transformed the economics of the computer industry. Now he's trying to do the same in the market for vaccines for some of the world's deadliest diseases. The chairman of Microsoft Corp.,

Anglo-Dutch food to detergents group Unilever has said it had no plans to honour a damages claim from Dutch supermarket chain, Albert Heijn, relating to the dioxin food scare earlier this

The death toll caused by an outbreak of encephalitis in Kathmandu has risen to 66 after three more deaths were reported by health officials

Realising that public education is the key to preventing deaths that occur due to heartattacks, the Escorts Heart Institute and Research centre here launched Mission Saveheart three years back. As

A proposal for starting a dengue control programme under the Directorate of Naitonal Anti-Malaria Programme is awaiting the approval of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Speaking at