Reliance Industries became the first Indian company to reach Rs 20 lakh crore in market capitalisation. The energy-to-telecom conglomerate’s market value stood at Rs 20.04 lakh crore ($238.7 billion) on Wednesday, catapulting it into the list of world’s most valuable corporations. Surpassing behemoths like Pepsico, Novartis, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, and SAP in … Read more
Hyderabad: Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, technology has emerged at the forefront of equitable, precise, and effective healthcare delivery, becoming an essential cog in the wheel of India’s healthcare industry. We now live in a world where medical advancements and technological advancements traverse hand in hand, and healthcare can not be imagined without the effective … Read more
BRUSSELS: A World Health Organization-led scheme to supply COVID-19 drugs to poor countries is betting on experimental monoclonal antibody treatments and steroids but is shunning Gilead’s remdesivir blockbuster therapy, an internal document shows. The WHO draft document, seen by Reuters and dated Oct. 30, says the priorities are to secure monoclonal antibodies in a tight … Read more
By Naomi Kresge Vaccines alone won’t be enough to fight Covid-19, Novartis AG Chief Executive Officer Vas Narasimhan said. Treatments will also play a crucial role. Significant supplies of highly effective vaccines probably won’t be available until the end of next year, according to Narasimhan, who headed development for Novartis’s former vaccines unit before it … Read more