Biocon, Mylan drug discovery programme makes progress

Last Updated: Thursday, May 7, 2015, 14:01

Biocon shares were trading at Rs 425.90 apiece, up 0.16%, on the BSE.

Sun Pharma, Israel university ink pact to develop anti-cancer drugs

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 15, 2015, 19:05

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has inked a pact with Israel's Technion university to develop anti-cancer drugs.

Stada agrees oncology deal with Indian Hetero Drugs

Last Updated: Thursday, March 26, 2015, 15:57

German generic drugmaker Stada struck an alliance with family-owned Hetero Drugs Ltd of India to gain access to active ingredients for cancer drugs, Stada said on Thursday.

Steve Jobs bio says Disney CEO kept Jobs'' condition a secret

Last Updated: Saturday, March 21, 2015, 22:03

Walt Disney Co CEO Bob Iger learned that Steve Jobs` cancer had returned less than an hour before Disney announced it was buying Jobs` Pixar studio in 2006, and Iger kept the Apple co-founder`s condition a secret for three years, according to Bloomberg, citing a new biography of Jobs.

Black money is cancer; govt committed to bring it back: Swamy

Last Updated: Thursday, February 19, 2015, 21:27

Terming black money as cancer for society, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy Thursday said the NDA government was committed to bring back to the country the illegally stashed money abroad.

GSK Pharma to transfer cancer drug portfolio to Novartis arm

Last Updated: Thursday, February 12, 2015, 21:59

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals board on Thursday approved transfer of its cancer drugs portfolio to an arm of Novartis in India in return for acquiring vaccines portfolio as part of a global deal between the two-multinational pharma giants struck last year.

JPMorgan CEO Dimon says he struggled with disclosing his cancer

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 11:07

Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co, said on Monday that he struggled with having to publicly disclose in July that he had throat cancer.

JPMorgan's Dimon says cancer treatment successful

Last Updated: Friday, December 5, 2014, 21:38

JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon told bank employees Friday that his throat cancer has disappeared after three months of treatment.

11,000 years ago, a dog transferred cancer that haunts canines

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 12:09

The world`s oldest surviving cancer has been traced to an ancient dog who mated and transferred the cancerous cells to another dog before dying 11,000-year ago.

President, PM condole Nageswara Rao`s death

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 07:30

President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday condoled the death of Telugu cinema icon Akkineni Nageswara Rao.

Akkineni Nageswara Rao passes away

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 09:35

Legendary Telegu cinema actor Akkineswara Nageswara Rao passed away early on Wednesday morning.

Emraan Hashmi`s son may go abroad for chemotherapy

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 13:34

Emraan Hashmi`s four-year-old son, who was diagnosed with first-stage cancer and underwent a surgery, is likely to go for chemotherapy sessions abroad.