Servier beefs up in cancer, buying Agios’ oncology business for $1.8bn French pharmaceutical company Servier has swooped on Agios Pharma’s marketed and experimental cancer drugs, buying the entire franchise in a deal that leaves the US biopharma focused on genetic disorders. It’s a major change of direction for Boston-based Agios, which has been concentrating on […]

Madhya Pradesh: Over 13.2 lakh people likely to fall prey to cancer in country, 8.51 lakh deaths … [unable to retrieve full-text content] The recent report by GLOBOCAN suggests that breast cancer is most common. Its occurrence in both sexes together is 13.5 per cent among all cancers …Published at Wed, 23 Dec 2020 09:33:30 +0000

Do you know – Excess weight can increase the risk of Cancer? New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI/Mediawire): The death trapObesity is responsible for 20 per cent of cancer deaths in women and 14 per cent in men. The death rate increases 10 per cent for every 5 unit increase in BMI (Body Mass Index). […]