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The unused factory building.-G.KARTHIKEYAN

Poisoned ground

Hindustan Unilever is avoiding its responsibilities to its workers exposed to mercury in the thermometer factory it owned in Kodaikanal.

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Killer breaks free

Incomplete treatment and poor-quality drugs have made bacteria resistant to anti-TB drugs across the globe.

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Beaten challenge

The Madras High Court rejects pharma major Novartis petition against a provision of the Indian patent law.

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House of Chandor

How a family's devotion helps conserve one of Goa's grandest colonial mansions, the Braganza house in Chandor.

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Dilip G. Shah, secretary-general, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance.-SARAH HIDDLESTON

`No need to patent small changes'

Interview with Dilip G. Shah, secretary-general, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance.

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YUSUF K. HAMIED with Cipla's version of Imatinib, an anti-cancer drug.-SARAH HIDDLESTON

Against monopoly

Interview with Dr. Yusuf Hamied, chairman, Cipla Limited.

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A case of luck

SRIRAM RANGANATHAN, 29, is a software engineer at Tata Consultancy Services. In 1999, when he was due to leave for the United States on an assignment,

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Daniel vasella, Novartis AG chief executive.-VINCENT KESSLER/REUTERS

Patent trouble

The Madras High Court is set to resume hearing arguments in the case on Novartis' patent application for its cancer drug Gleevec.

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Uncertain future

AMRITA THAKKAR, 16, is a student from a poor family living in a far off suburb of Mumbai. She has chronic myloid leukaemia, which is a type of blood c

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Generic drugs manufacturers are concerned that data exclusivity laws will make their operations unviable and create incentives to delay the entry of new medicines into the Indian market.-THOMAS MUKOYA/REUTERS

Data for leverage

A new front has opened in the attack on generic drugs in the pharmaceutical industry, which could push up the prices of medicines.

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The forgotten face

Although the government has recognised the need to give adequate attention to HIV/AIDS, children remain excluded from its response.

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Brainwashed from the cradle

Zubin Mehta's iconic status and renowned programme met with rapturous approval in Chennai and New Delhi.

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