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Drug
Discovery Special On target
Targeted therapy is said to be the safest treatment for cancer
patients. Though this revolutionary treatment has received
the 'thumbs up', the medical fraternity prefers to adopt a
cautious approach until it stands up to their expectations.
Sachin Jagdale analyses
Drug
discovery in India—Trends and challenges
Buoyed by India's recent laws recognising international pharmaceutical
patents, more than a dozen Indian companies have launched
new drug discovery programs or reinvigorated existing ones.
The key to the future of India's pharma industry will depend
on its ability to scale back its reliance on low-cost manufacturing
and to foster innovation. A review of the trends and challenges
in the past few years
A
roadmap for better cancer care
Technology has revolutionised the way cancer is diagnosed
and treated
Hepatitis
and its prevention
Hepatitis is among the ten most important killers in the world.
There are 350 million Hepatitis B (Hep-B) positive people
worldwide and about one million die each year from Hep-B infections,
making it the ninth leading cause of death worldwide. Hepatitis
is a disease that can be caused by a variety of different
viruses such as hepatitis A, B, C, D and E
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