Dengue vaccine in the offing
Dengue fever, the disease without any effective therapy, may have a vaccine in the future if the independent research works by the Hyderabad-based Biological Evans and the Delhi-based International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (ICGEB) prove fruitful.

CDFD to set up clinical bioinformatics centre
The Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) in collaboration with Stanford University Network (SUN) and the government of Andhra Pradesh is setting up a Centre of Excellence for clinical bioinformatics -SUNCoE - at its new campus on the outskirts of Hyderabad, informed Dr Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain, director, CDFD.

Banned drugs aplenty in Karnataka
By blatant negligence or willful default, pharmaceutical companies continue selling globally banned and voluntarily withdrawn drugs in the state market.

VAT may lead to confusion
With the Value Added Tax (VAT) regime coming in soon, various organisations like the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) and the Retail and Dispensing Chemists Association (RDCA) have suggested a better way to charge the tax that will avoid confusion for the government as well as the consumers.