Author: Lynne Taylor

German drug major Bayer has lost its long-running battle to get India’s first-ever compulsory licence – for its liver and kidney cancer drug Nexavar (sorafenib tosylate) – overturned.

US researchers have found 53 existing approved drugs that may keep the Ebola virus from entering human cells, a key step in the process of infection.

Scientific and political changes will make adaptive pathways the preferred approach to making new treatments available to patients, according to a leading group of scientists.

Germany’s decision to withdraw 80 generic drugs from the market cannot apply to 18 of the products because of the legal challenges brought by their manufacturers against the ban, the national drug regulator has said.

Last year, cancer was the most common cause of death for men and women in the UK, replacing circulatory diseases including heart disease and stroke, which were the nation’s most common cause of death until 2010, say government figures.