Rs.2.84 Lakh Cancer Drug Will Soon Cost Rs.8,880 in India.

[ghulam muhammed]

Cancer-treatment drug Nexavar will soon be available to patients at Rs. 8,880 a pack of 120 tablets, thanks to India invoking an international trade rule allowing the generic production of an unaffordable drug that is patented.

Bayer, a German multi-national, holds the patent for Nexavar (the brand name of sorafenib tosylate), which now sells at Rs.2.84 lakh.

The drug is used for the treatment at the advanced stages of kidney and liver cancer. The drug stops the growth of new blood vessels and targets other important cellular growth factors. Though it is not a life-saving drug, it is a life- extending drug. In the case of kidney cancer, it can extend the life of a patient by four-five years, while in the case of liver cancer it can extend life by about six- eight months.

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[Al Zulfiqar]

bro. gm,

any drug invented for preventing abde idiocy and reverse sajdas 24/7?

[ghulam muhammed]

any drug invented for preventing abde idiocy and reverse sajdas 24/7?

Any research done to get rid of this phobia is vehemently stalled by the dai and his troop thru their political and underworld contacts, it is similar to the oil rich countries making every effort to stall any project which threatens to replace oil with a similar substitute.