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Lupin gets USFDA approval for HIV drug

Last Updated: Friday, December 26, 2014, 16:04

Drug major Lupin has received US health regulator's approval to market a generic version of ViiV Healthcare's Epivir Tablets, used in treating HIV infection, in the American market.

Cipla bags Rs 1,100 crore order from South African govt

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 23, 2014, 18:04

Drug major Cipla's subsidiary has bagged an order worth 2 billion rand (around Rs 1,100 crore) for HIV drugs from the South African government.

Convict moves SC for compensation for acquiring HIV in jail

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 16:49

A murder convict serving life imprisonment on Friday moved the Supreme Court for his release and compensation of Rs 75 lakh for having contracted HIV and another infection allegedly during his stay in jail.

US envoy expresses concern over child mortality

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 18:40

Extending her country`s support to Maharashtra in tackling the HIV epidemic, US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell on Monday expressed concern over children dying before the age of five years.

China reports 70,000 new HIV cases; 434,000 carriers

Last Updated: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 20:32

China reported some 70,000 new cases of HIV infections in the first nine months of the year taking the total number of people living with HIV/AIDS to 434,000, health authorities said on Sunday.

Suu Kyi urges `freedom from fear` on World AIDS Day

Last Updated: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 16:29

Myanmar Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi today urged greater openness and compassion in the global struggle against AIDS as experts warned against complacency despite falling infection rates.

World AIDS Day: HIV still a stigma?

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 17:06

Despite all efforts, AIDS continues to be a word that generates more anxiety than awareness. Stigma and discrimination against those suffering from the disease remains a harsh reality.

World AIDS Day: Preventing HIV and AIDS in young people

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 15:24

HIV/AIDS remains a major global issue, having claimed more than 36 million lives so far since the discovery of the virus more than 20 years ago.

Three-year-old `cured` of HIV remains free of virus

Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 17:41

A three-year-old US girl who was given emergency treatment within 30 hours of being born with AIDS remains free from the deadly virus even after 18 months - the first time HIV has been put into remission in a child.

Sharon Stone to receive Peace Summit award

Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 11:36

‘Basic Instinct’ star Sharon Stone is to be presented with an honour by Nobel Prize winners for her work with HIV and AIDS sufferers.

Cop bitten by HIV infected man in Thiruvananthapuram

Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2013, 14:21

In a bizarre incident, an HIV infected man, wanted in connection with several criminal cases, bit two policemen when they went to arrest him near here, police said today.

Swaziland votes in Parliamentary Elections

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 13:42

Voters in Africa`s tiny mountain kingdom of Swaziland began casting ballots on Friday for a new Parliament, in an election dismissed by critics as a rubber stamp for King Mswati III`s absolute rule.