Cancer Drugs

Explained: What is the historic drug trial in which every patient was cured of cancer?

A small group of 18 people with rectal cancer was part of a clinical trial at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan for a drug called Dostarlimab for around six months. In the end, every patient's tumours had disappeared

Focus on battling COVID-19 deals deadly blow to cancer care as lockdown disrupts early diagnosis, treatment

The attention of the authorities and frontline workers has been focused on testing and treating COVID-19 patients, resulting in the neglect of a disease that has a far higher fatality rate - cancer

Antibiotic resistance and cancer: six surprising places scientists are looking for new drugs

Scientists announced the discovery of a novel antibiotic produced by bacteria living inside a roundworm.

CBI busts cancer drug purchase scam, recovers Rs 1.6 crore in cash

CBI Spokesperson RK Gaur said the searches in the cancer drugs scam case spanned across 13 locations in Lucknow and two places in Rae Bareli.

How cancer becomes drug-resistant, find researchers

A team of researchers, including an Indian-American scientist, has found that the major reason cancer drugs fail is that they cannot penetrate the high-pressure environment of solid tumours.

India partially revokes patent on breast cancer drug Herceptin

Swiss newspaper Schweiz am Sonntag reported that the Kolkata Patent Office had lifted divisional patents for Herceptin on 17 July on the grounds they had not been properly submitted

Novartis judgement 'gives life to access to medicine', say humanitarian groups

Today's judgement by a division bench of the Supreme Court of India, dismissing drug major Novartis' appeal for a patent for its anti-cancer medicine Glivec, was welcomed by the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and the Cancer Patients' Aid Association (CPAA).

Novartis patent case: Section 3(d) of Indian Patent Act explained

This section states that inventions that are a mere "discovery" of a "new form" of a "known substance" and do not result in increased efficacy of that substance are not patentable.

India undermining intellectual property: Pfizer tells US lawmakers

Months after its patent for a cancer medication was revoked by India, American firm Pfizer has told US lawmakers that the country is undermining intellectual property by misuse of its compulsory licence provisions.

Another cut: Cipla slashes cancer drug prices by 64%

Drugs are used for treating lung, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, head & neck cancer, gastric cancer, bladder, colorectal. Earlier in May Cipla had slashed prices by 76% of generic drugs, used in treating cancers of brain, lung and kidney.