India’s highest court has rejected a drug firm’s attempt to patent a cancer treatment in a landmark decision that health activists said ensures poor patients worldwide will continue to get cheap versions of lifesaving medicines.

A Cork-made drug is giving leukaemia sufferers a new lease of life, according to an international study.

A MAJOR pharmaceutical company celebrated its 10th birthday yesterday and the arrival of its Swiss boss.

EUROPE'S three biggest drug companies will showcase new products at three keenly-awaited research and development presentations in the coming weeks, but none has a quick fix for sceptical investors, analysts say.