Editorial: Towards greater transparency
Published in The Hindu on November 5, 2007 Pharmaceutical companies and doctors make for uneasy bedfellows. While the two cannot
Read MoreA new class of drug to treat diabetes
Published in The Hindu on October 25, 2007 Two years after the drug was approved by the U.S. Food and
Read MoreEditorial: A sitting duck for bird flu
Published in The Hindu on October 31, 2007 Contrary to what was seen as a problem confined largely to South-East
Read MoreEditorial: Producing a synthetic bacterium
Published in the Hindu on August 22, 2007 Whether the claim made by Craig Venter, the famous and controversial scientist,
Read MoreEditorial: A fine initiative
Published in The Hindu on October 24, 2007 The recent announcement of a public-private partnership by three Europe-based pharmaceutical companies
Read MoreEditorial: Of mice and men
Published in The Hindu on October 19, 2007 The Nobel Prize for medicine awarded this year to three scientists is
Read MoreScreening early for Down’s Syndrome
Published in The Hindu on October 18, 2007 Screening for Down’s Syndrome has got a fillip. Screening for the syndrome
Read MoreEditorial: A question of affordability
Published in The Hindu on August 31, 2007 What does a developing or a least developed country do when faced
Read MoreEditorial: HIV awareness in the workplace
Published in The Hindu on August 9, 2007 While the role played by the government and non-governmental organisations in creating
Read MoreEditorial: For transparency in clinical trials
Published in The Hindu on August 3, 2007 With the recent launch of an online, open-access registry, India has made
Read MoreEditorial: Improving access to safe blood
Published in The Hindu on July 24, 2007 Even 11 years after the Supreme Court passed its landmark judgment to
Read MorePositive response to registering clinical trials seen
Published in The Hindu on July 5, 2007 Registering clinical trial details, by those conducting the trials, in registries that
Read MoreEditorial: Expanding access to HIV testing
Published in The Hindu on July 4, 2007 The new guidelines issued recently by the World Health Organisation to expand
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